Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

The final point, with which I would agree, is that they may be looking at this in the wrong way to some degree by concentrating on the disability rather than on everybody having ability, irrespective of whether there are some areas where they are unable to work. We want to identify what the ability spectrum is with regard to many of these people and see whether we can get them into the workforce in a way that facilitates them. If we do that, we will have taken a large step forward rather than screening people and effectively saying that if one is disabled in a particular way, one cannot work.

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