Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 July 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Margaret Murphy O'MahonyMargaret Murphy O'Mahony (Fianna Fail)
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I welcome all the witnesses. I thank them for their briefing documents and opening statements and congratulate them on the work they do. I will highlight Mr. Holohan's opening statement. He epitomises how lived experience should be brought in to any legislation going forward. I thank him for sharing his story.

How would the DFI propose to balance the disproportionate burden, as Dr. Begley called it, of standards with the capacity of small service providers?