Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 July 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Disability Inclusion and International Development Issues: Discussion
Dr. Mary Keogh:
To come back to the budget discussion, while it is welcome to hear about the possibility of ring-fencing, I would caution that ring-fencing does not mean that the funding is channelled through disability-specific organisations only. One needs to look at how mainstream organisations are also enabled to provide inclusion. Ring-fencing is important but it comes back to what Mr. Lamson said about the framework for implementation being really well resourced around disability inclusion. That would be an important issue to consider.