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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Ms Finn for her contribution. Ms Marianne Hennessy is from Cope Foundation and Mr. Craig Kelly is president of the Ability Board advocacy group and a participant in the Ability@Work programme. I call Ms Hennessy, first, and then Mr. Kelly, to make their contributions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank all our speakers this morning for their contributions. We now go to Deputy Pauline Tully from the committee for her opening remarks and questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Deputy Tully. Who wants to take this question first? We will start with Ms Hayes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Is Ms Hayes on mute? I think we dropped out for a moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Thank you. Does anyone else want to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Thank you. I call Senator Fiona O'Loughlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Thank you. I will call the speakers in the order that the Senator put the questions. I call Ms Hayes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Ms Hennessy is on mute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Does anyone else want to respond to Senator Seery Kearney's questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I think Senator Seery Kearney had a question for Ms Hayes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Ms Finn. Does anybody else want to comment on Deputy Canney's issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Did Mr. Kelly have his hand up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Who wants to take the Deputy's questions? I think the first was for Mr. Kelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I cut across Mr. Kelly there. Does he want to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Again, I apologise to Mr. Kelly. I thank him for his contribution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: We are under some time constraints. Will each of our witnesses give us one sentence, taking in the points Deputy Higgins raised and the general discussion, before we finish?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: I sincerely thank Ms Finn, Ms Hayes, Ms Hennessy, Mr. Kelly, Dr. Brady, Ms Walsh and Ms Gorey for their participation. It has been a longer than normal meeting, which shows the depth of knowledge they have brought to the committee. It empowers us to continue to try to advance the cases they have made. I thank them all for their honesty, commitment and the work they do behind the scenes in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: Apologies have been received from Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss aligning education with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome Ms Mary Finn, Ms Claire Hayes, Ms Marian Hennessy, Mr. Craig Kelly, Ms Rita Walsh, Ms Gráinne Gorey and Dr. Fidelma Brady...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Disadvantage (8 Feb 2022)
Michael Moynihan: On the capital side, I look forward to that later in the week. On the revenue side and the day-to-day running of it, what percentage of the overall higher education budget will be targeted towards people on the margins of society? There are people who have multi-generational issues whereby they have not got into third level education and do not see a prospect of third level education. In...