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Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I come across them every day.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: The objective is to provide those services, not to provide rights. The provision of rights does not guarantee that services will be provided. The Opposition is being a little disingenuous in respect of this amendment. Following what was said on Committee Stage, I introduced an amendment to allow for the review of the operation of the legislation within five years of its commencement. In...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I am using the example of clinical depression, which is treatable and curable. It is not, and was never intended to be, included in the definition of disability. Clinical depression is not a form of disability, whereas the more continuous forms of mental illness, such as those I have mentioned, are disabilities according to the definition. We have widened the definition to ensure that no...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I am quite satisfied with the legal advice available to me to the effect that this Bill is sufficiently robust to withstand any constitutional challenge.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: When he requires them, he will get them.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: He is wrong.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: The Deputy is wrong to suggest that a person in a wheelchair does not have a disability.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: A review to take place not later than five years means that it could happen within one month after the legislation being passed.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: That is correct, but the amendment I have brought in allows a review to take place, should that be necessary. The spirit of this amendment is that a review should take place and be completed within five years.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: If it is to take place not later than five years, then certainly we expect that it will be completed within that time.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: We are beginning to get absurd again with the responses.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I will again clarify for Deputy Stanton that a person in a wheelchair who can enjoy full life benefits, as he described, is included in this Bill. That person is limited in his or her capacity because of being in a wheelchair. Such persons are covered by this Bill and it is absurd to assert that someone in a wheelchair is not disabled, as he suggests.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: Section 1 provides for commencement orders by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform in respect of the Bill except for Part 2. This is a matter for the Minister Health and Children, after consultation with the Minister for Education and Science, as these Ministers have primary responsibility for the matters covered in that part of the Bill. Amendments Nos. 6, 7 and 10 seek to...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: Since Committee Stage, I have consulted the parliamentary counsel's office and I have taken into account the recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission in 2000 regarding the use of plain language in legislative drafting, which promotes the use of the active voice. The text as drafted is in accordance with these recommendations and uses the active voice and future tense, rather than the...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I move amendment No. 13a: In page 6, line 24, to delete "of," and substitute "of". This is a technical amendment to rectify a proofing error.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I move amendment No. 13b: In page 6, lines 26 and 27, to delete "Local Government Acts 1925 to 2003" and substitute "Local Government Act 2001". This is a technical amendment to import into the Bill the correct definition of local authorities contained in the Local Government Act 2001. I am grateful to Deputy Lynch for bringing this matter to my attention on Committee Stage. Deputy Lynch's...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I move amendment No. 14a: In page 6, line 31, after "operates" to insert "a". This is a technical amendment to make a grammatical correction. Amendment No. 15 seeks to replace the terms "historic or touristic" in referring to railway with the term "heritage". I amended the definition of passenger transport services on Committee Stage to reflect concerns expressed by Members and others that...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: The Bill is a positive action measure geared to support participation by people with disabilities in society. It places a significant positive obligation on public service providers in this respect. The extension of such obligations to voluntary and private bodies could be viewed as an unreasonable encroachment into service organisations, particularly those run on a commercial basis. These...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: I did not say that.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (19 May 2005)

Frank Fahey: Amendment No. 4 would relegate the remaining provisions of the Bill dealt with in Parts 3 to 7 to the status of miscellaneous provisions. I believe the Bill represents a more comprehensive response to the concerns of disability than the Title proposed seeks to convey. On amendment No. 5, putting exclusive emphasis on rights will not give us the most effective results. I want to refer again to...