Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 July 2022
376. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities open to the public in all buildings which her Department owns and public bodies and agencies under her remit to offer people with disabilities and carers a network of equipped spaces to take care of personal hygiene, in safety and comfort. [38726/22]
View answerMy Department and associated agencies own one building, Áras Mhic Dhiarmada on Store Street, Dublin, which is the Department's Headquarters buildlng. This building has a small reception area but otherwise is not open to the public for the provision of services.
The other buildings used by the Department and agencies are owned or leased by the Office of Public Works (OPW).
I understand that the OPW has been engaging with a Working Group, which was established by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the provision of changing facilities.
