Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Disabled People's Organisations and the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion
Ms Frances Quan Farrant:
The Department would be in serious trouble were it to do so. Australia has the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, which predates the UNCRPD. We are, however, in the process of reviewing the legislation. Even still, we have a disability discrimination commission to which we can go. The Government can be held to account in that regard.