Keira Keogh (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I thank the witnesses for being with us. I want to touch on universal design. Dr. Hartney spoke about promoting awareness and the application of universal design. As a new TD, I recently had to open a constituency office. In engaging with the builder, it was important to me, having come from the neurodiverse space, that the building would be fully accessible. In initial conversations, the questions were about how big the door needed to be and ensuring we had an accessible bathroom, but that was where it was going to stop. After that, regular doors were going to go in. I pointed out that I did not know who my staff members might be down the line and who might need access to the kitchen area, so I suggested making the whole building accessible. It was my first building project and it highlighted how far we have to go with universal design. What evidence do the witnesses have for where Ireland is in that regard?