Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh:

When I was very young, I learned to have little faith regardless of the Act but I do have faith in the UNCRPD. This is about setting universal standards in all areas of our lives around access to services and redress. I hope that much more effort would be put into the implementation of the UNCRPD rather than the Act. Acts come along but are rarely implemented.