Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Indecon report on the cost of disability was commissioned in 2019 with the aim of better informing relevant budgetary allocations for 2020. Two years later, it is unacceptable that the report is still not published in time for the 2022 budget. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, stated in the Chamber last November that the disability capacity review was completed and would be published in due course. That was eight months ago and there is still no sign of it. This delay is unnecessary, unethical and unwarranted and it is increasing frustrations for my constituents in County Clare. The failure to ratify the optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in a timely manner is a further unnecessary roadblock to progress. Will the Tánaiste intervene on these serious matters and ensure the publication of the two reports and the ratification of the optional protocol are accelerated with the utmost urgency in time for budget 2022?

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