Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Sustainable Development Goals and Disability Issues: Discussion

10:00 am

Ms Sarah O'Toole:

Yes. These programmes allow people to access medication that will save their lives. We are involved in a number of those programmes throughout Africa. Many governments have taken the issue of tropical diseases very seriously and want to overcome them in order to prevent disability.