Gillian Toole (Meath East, Independent)
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I thank the witnesses for all of the highly informative replies, and colleagues for the questions they are asking. I will be blunt. Given the volume of work that IHREC currently has and pending the replies from the UN to its submission, is the organisation adequately resourced, humanly and fiscally, to deal with the volume of change, the oversight, and keeping up with future national and current international publications and practices?

Has IHREC previously engaged with each Department? Given that we are being told that there is a whole-of-government approach to disability matters and there is a specific task force within the Department of the Taoiseach, do the witnesses think there is an understanding in each Department of its legal obligations under UNCRPD?

I have a suggestion, if I may again - the Chair is going to kill me - that maybe previous disability stakeholder groups could be facilitated or invited to give us feedback. With the new Act, there will be scrutiny, oversight, discussion, etc., and it would be very helpful to hear from previous groups. If I am out of order on that, let me know.