Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
General Scheme of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Peter Kearns:
I will be quick. It is again a technical point. It just shows the strength of the disabled persons organisations and the technical support they provide for the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act. Within the framework of the DSS, there should be a direct reference to that technical support by the DPOs. There are also other issues, such as the whole spectrum of LGBTQ groups. There are a number of genuine DPOs based around the UNCRPD that can provide great technical support to the DSS. They are doing this with quite low resources as well. There is €2.2 billion gone into the disability sector. It is great to hear another DPO mentioned in this discussion.