Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Roisin Doherty:

That is to give people a stopgap before they decide to access rehabilitative training. It gives them a two-year opportunity to look at various different options and programmes. There is a project manager leading that programme with the Department of Education and from what I am seeing already, it is inspirational because people are looking at their opportunities. They are given a window of opportunity to look at all the different options. As I say, it is not just about further education. It could be a community programme, a farming programme or it could be working with the local equine centre. It looks at options for people.