Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 24 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Standard of Living and Social Protection: Minister for Social Protection
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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It is under the remit of the Citizens Information Board, CIB, and that is a part of my Department. We also have the National Advocacy Service, NAS, to advocate for people with disabilities and that also comes under the CIB. I know that because I met representatives of the organisation only recently. Its role is to advocate and it does much good work in that space, under the auspices of the CIB. The NAS ensures that people with disabilities receive their supports and it can advocate for people on different issues. The service does good work. Therefore, the Deputy is correct about CISLI. The CIB falls under my Department, and the NDIS falls under the purview of CIB.