On Tuesday, we appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters to discuss the proposed Disability (Amendments) Act 2025. Our co-chairpersons, Amy Hassett and Nem Kearns, highlighted the need for reforms that better reflect the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, while noting that the current amendments represent a missed opportunity for meaningful change for disabled people.
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Just before Christmas, the UN CRPD Committee published its List of Issues for Ireland.
A “List of Issues” report for the UNCRPD is a set of questions and concerns that the UN asks a government to answer about how it is meeting its obligations under the UNCRPD.
It guides the government’s repsonse and shapes the UN’s review of Ireland under the UNCRPD in a few years time.
Ahead of this report, we wrote a report for the CRPD Committee and met with them to discuss areas of concern for us.
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