Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Committee on Disability Matters
Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Kevin O'Brien:
We are. The whole thing is about working with county councils and everything else. We are talking to Louth County Council at the moment, and Kerry as well. Basically, we want to do a conjunction thing. It should not all be just left down to national level and the Government. It should be public-private partnership as well. I do not want to mention any specific sites because then people will go crazy asking why they are not mentioned, but we have plans to roll out seven of these next year across Ireland.
To go back to the Senator's previous question about charities and our recycle mobility programme, we are an international charity. We are a charity in Canada and a children's charity in Australia. We are rolling out the recycle mobility programme, which is our thing here in Ireland, and it is being adopted in America next year. That will be a win-win for us with an idea that was created here in Ireland to help kids in America, Australia and Canada. To answer the Senator's question, we will be rolling that out. I do not want to mention any specific sites yet. Louth is in there, which will keep Deputy Ó Murchú happy. Again, if any club or county deserves a thing, it is certainly Dundalk getting the second centre.