Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response and welcome the fact that he has committed to giving consideration to a review of the provision of changing places. It will, of course, involve an amendment to Part M of the building regulations. I believe we should address the issue quickly and I will continue with the Minister of State and his Department to ensure that we can provide these facilities for people who urgently need them. As I said earlier, there are only 15 of these facilities in the country. Similar facilities are provided throughout Northern Ireland and Great Britain. People in those countries have the same needs as people here, and I believe we should make those provisions available so that people who have those needs can enjoy the freedom to go about their business with confidence and not be forced to restrict their journeys to the locations of those 15 facilities. This impacts on entire families and not only people who are in need of those services. I thank the Minister of State for his response and look forward to the Minister's appraisal of the need to review the regulations in this regard.

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