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:

I will say one other thing. Part of our remit in IHREC is around equality and diversity. There is a lot of diversity among disabled people. For instance, there is the issue of Travellers and the whole area of accommodation. Disabled Travellers' children, in particular, are very vulnerable because of the inertia of the local authorities. Additionally, and I am not a financial person, if we look at the Wasted Lives report around disabled people living in nursing homes and the cost of that as opposed to the cost of living in their own homes, having community services accessible is much more representative of value for money.