Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed)

Professor Malcolm MacLachlan:

From my point of view, what is uncomfortable is not having the resources to do the job we are being asked to do. We have very many people who are willing and ready to do that work. We want to work with Deputy Cullinane and the committee to provide those resources, including the implementation of existing Acts. I again call on this committee to look at the revision of the Disability Act to provide the resources where they are needed in terms of intervention.