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

I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. The UNCRPD was ratified about five years ago in this Parliament, and I am sure the Minister agrees it is a very good convention. It is rights-based and it has living with a disability at the heart of it. We must continue the dialogue with that group of people and the groups advocating on their behalf. It is very important they have a say and that the approach is a rights-based one. Service providers and those who advocate for people with a disability do great work. There should be more intervention with DPOs. At the moment, only a limited number of organisations in the State are led by DPOs, which is out of kilter with the aspirations of the convention.

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