Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Fine Gael)
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If I could clarify something, there are very good people working extremely hard within both local authorities and the HSE to try to ensure that the best quality service is available. With regard to adaptation work on houses, I understand from the Department that there is adequate funding available to local authorities now. If the organisations encounter a situation where a local authority is not delivering, they can contact the committee and the Chairman and I will have no difficulty with going to the Department to provide any assistance we can. The vast majority of people in the public sector work hard to get the best possible service for people with disabilities.