Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
5:30 pm
Tom Clonan (Independent)
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As regards the policy of the Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, to campaign for wording that would not give socioeconomic rights to disabled citizens and the view of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that this would not be a good thing and would place a burden on the State, how does the Minister of State reconcile that policy position at the head of the Department with her own aspirations and the aspirations set out in the UNCRPD?