Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Fianna Fail)
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I welcome the witnesses. I know some of them from the television so it is nice to see them in the flesh.

Discrimination happens in many different ways and comes in many different forms, but the way it makes people feel is the same. For people to feel less than or not good enough is not good enough. We and the witnesses are coming at this from a good place and we have a shared desire to make legislation more inclusive. It is important to me that we make sure no one ends up feeling less than.

My first question is for the National Disability Authority, whichever of its witnesses would like to take it. I am a big believer in including the families of disabled people, especially those of disabled children. They are entering a chapter they did not look for or desire. How can this Bill better support disabled children and, importantly, their families, especially around reasonable accommodation in education and services?