Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Living Independently in the Community for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Brian Dalton:

I will add that the disabled person should be kept at the centre. Remember that a user-centred approach is what we need. It is not always appropriate to give a disabled person a bus pass. Why not invest money in personal assistants to assist disabled people to get from A to B, if they might not even be able to get on a bus? Why not invest money in personalised budgets to allow them to take charge of their own life and to lead their own vision?

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