Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

-----but it is taking a long time. I asked the Minister of State about it three or four times since I was elected. I understand the relevant Bill is on Committee Stage. Waiting for the ratification of the UNCRPD is becoming a latter-day "Waiting for Godot". If there is a will in this House, things get done but if there is not a will, things do not get done. It is as simple as that. I will probably ask the Minister of State the question again in September or even next year. Hopefully, the convention will be ratified but one gets disillusioned very quickly in this place when one sees the things that happen. I am sure the Minister of State wants to see the convention ratified as much as anybody else but people with disabilities are looking to Members to ratify it. I do not think everything has to be in place. Let us ratify the convention and give people with disabilities an equal footing with able-bodied people.

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