Mr. Liam Herrick:

I will address the question about the participation of young people. It is an important point. First, as we have said, all of our work in the sphere of disability is advised and guided by our disability advisory committee, which is composed of persons with lived experience with disability. We are currently recruiting a new disability advisory committee. In that process, we are seeking to ensure the widest possible diversity of experiences of different types of disability but also particularly the question of the specific needs of young people with disability and older people with disability. It is a very live concern to us.

In the development of the wider strategy of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, we utilised a youth advisory panel to advise the wider strategy, which gave advice to the experience of young people, so it is a well-made point.

The Deputy also asked whether we had been specifically invited to contribute to the review the 2005 Act. I do not think any such review been initiated to date, but we are clear that there does need to be such a comprehensive review, and we have already made submissions on what we feel the core principles that should guide that process are.