Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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The representatives talked about people not being knowledgeable about their rights. That is a major problem right across society but especially for parents when they realise their child has an additional need - where do they go for help and how do they get it? It goes right on through. People are not told of their rights. Citizens Information does wonderful work in informing people, but not everybody thinks of going to that body to get information. They should not have to go looking for it. Information should be provided to people on what their rights are in respect of different services, payments and so forth. Much work needs to be done to assist people with disabilities instead of them having to fight for their rights on a constant basis, which they are tired of doing at this stage.