Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Arts Council has supported the development of arts and disability practice in Ireland for many years. It developed a formal arts and disability policy in 2012 following consultation with a wide range of stakeholders. The council is independent of my Department. It has a policy which will be reviewed in the context of its new ten year strategy, Making Great Art Work. I will be happy to arrange for representatives of the council to speak to the Deputy to update her on its policy on disability. The policy that was in place was built on a number of key values, including equality and the social model of disability. It recognised that access must be considered at the earliest-----

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