Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I have no indication that visual impairment research funding will be cut. It would be wrong to state it will be. We have several obligations with regard to disability. We have not yet signed up to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities but we intend to do so. It is a process and we will continue along the road in respect of our other international obligations also. When it comes to how we deal with people who are visually impaired, our priority should be to provide this service to them and we are well on the way to this.