Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Committee on Disability Matters
Advancing in Work for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Eddie Hennessy:
We need flexible supports, not one size fits all. Targeted grants and mentoring will cost little but will change everything. A co-ordinated approach will save money in the long term. If the Government is serious about inclusion, it has to include disabled entrepreneurs. We have been campaigning for it for the past ten years, but the Government forgot about it. We have a commitment of two lines in the national strategy plan. The UK and Chile got their policy frameworks within a year. It has taken us ten years to get a commitment of two lines. That is the difference.
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