Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1009. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national disability strategy and the plans to implement it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47574/25]

Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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1010. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans to implement the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47575/25]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1009 and 1010 together.

In fulfilment of a key commitment in the Programme for Government, I am delighted to say the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030 was launched and published on 3rd September.

The design and development of the Strategy involved a wide-ranging national consultation process, extensive engagement with key disability stakeholders, including Disabled Persons’ Organisations, and collaboration with government colleagues.

The scope of ambition of the strategy matches Government’s commitment to progressively realising Ireland’s implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in ways that will have the maximum benefit for disabled people.

The Strategy consists of 23 commitments and accompanying priority actions across five key thematic pillars identified as critical for advancing the rights of disabled people:

• Inclusive Learning and Education

• Employment

• Independent Living and Active Participation in Society

• Well-being and Health

• Transport and Mobility

Following on from its launch and publication, Government is now committed to the full implementation of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030 to deliver the step change required in disability policy.

Robust delivery and monitoring structures have been co-designed with stakeholders to ensure oversight and accountability throughout the lifetime of the Strategy, with a strong focus on collaboration and active problem solving, reflecting a transformative step-change in delivery of disability policy.

The Strategy will be delivered across three two-year Programme Plans of Action, ensuring an agile and reflexive approach to delivery that is capable of tackling policy issues as they arise across the lifetime of the Strategy. These Programme Plans will set out how the key priority actions under each commitment will be delivered on, by whom, the timeframe for delivery, and relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The First Programme Plan of Action 2025-2026 will be published three months post-publication of the Strategy and will detail Key Performance Indicators for commitments.