asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry the present position in regard to each of the matters referred to by him in the reply to a parliamentary question of 10 March 1981 as being undertaken at that time to mark the International Year of the Disabled to assist persons with each of the following handicaps (a) impairment of limbs, (b) deafness, (c) speech impairment. (d) blindness and (e) mental handicap; if he will state in each instance where a matter was then being referred to a committee if the committee have reported thereon; and the action taken on their report.
Written Answers. - Assistance for Disabled.
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My Department are represented on an inter-departmental committee for the employment of the disabled. Facilities for disabled are being incorporated in public toilets which are in course of construction or at the planning and design stage at five forest centres. In addition, a nature trail catering specifically for disabled persons has been provided at Donadea forest in County Kildare.