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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2005-05-11/2/
11 May 2005 - We will resume consideration of Committee Stage of the Disability Bill 2004.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2005-06-14/5/
14 Jun 2005 - Personal social services, along with health services, have been defined in the Health Act 2004 to refer...Examples of disability-specific personal social services, to which the Senator refers, include personal...assistance with household tasks and home care assistants and these are provided for in the Health Act 2004...I am satisfied that the relevant services for people with disabilities are covered sufficiently by the...approach taken in the Bill and that therefore this amendment is unnecessary.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-09/3/
9 Nov 2004 - Like our fellow disability groups, we are concerned about the overall thrust of the Disability Bill....In 2004, this figure had dramatically decreased to 6.8%....After the failed attempt to pass the flawed Disability Bill in 2001, I was pleased to represent Mental...The definition of disability is one of the ten fundamental flaws in the Disability Bill 2004....Overall, following the failed attempt at passing legislation in 2001, the Disability Bill 2004 is a grave
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2005-06-21/5/
21 Jun 2005 - Fahey Amendments Nos. 7 and 21 are technical amendments which relate to the reference in the Bill to...personal advocates assigned by Comhairle to assist, support and represent persons with a disability...As the Comhairle (Amendment) Bill 2004 has yet to be enacted I have been advised by the Parliamentary...Counsel that we cannot now refer to that legislation in the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-12-08/24/
8 Dec 2004 - Much effort was made to examine the legal consequences of the Disability Bill which provides in a fair...and proper way for the interests and rights of people with disabilities....That is the intention and objective of the Bill.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-30/5/
30 Nov 2004 - Niall Crowley Thank you for the opportunity to address the committee on the Disability Bill and the...There is a considerable overlap between the Disability Bill and the equality legislation....In looking at the Disability Bill 2004 from the perspective of the equality legislation, a starting point...The provisions of the Bills will apply to a far smaller group of people with disabilities....Act 2004, to ensure that existing equality legislation and the protection it affords are not diminished
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-11-04/6/
4 Nov 2004 - The Disability Bill, once enacted, will significantly advance the position of people with disabilities...The strategy has three other elements: the Comhairle (Amendment) Bill 2004, six outline sectoral plans...These notable milestones set the context for the national disability strategy and the Bill....The Comhairle (Amendment) Bill 2004 further strengthens the role of Comhairle in providing personal advocacy...duty — the much discussed section 47 in the Disability Bill 2001 which was unacceptable to disability
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-01-27/13/
27 Jan 2005 - Connolly The Disability Bill has at last come before this House....The main reason we are debating this Bill is the ill-fated Disability Bill 2001, which was unacceptable...Unfortunately, the provisions of the Disability Bill 2004, or rather its restrictions, and the language...(Amendment) Bill 2004 providing for personal advocates for those who seek a service....There are several caveats or opt-out clauses in the Disability Bill 2004 that will seriously hinder disabled
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-12-08/24/
8 Dec 2004 - to the taking of an action required by another statute and that, as such, any action required by the Disability...Bill could be used as a defence to any claim under the Equal Status Act?...Is he willing to table an amendment to the Disability Bill that would state that nothing in the Bill...would diminish legal obligations with respect to people with disabilities imposed under the equality
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-23/2/
23 Nov 2004 - committee has held two days of hearings to hear their concerns about the content and implications of the Disability...Bill 2004.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-16/2/
16 Nov 2004 - to a radio station phoned in and asked if the Disability Bill would provide for the provision of an...That is why it is so important that Members of the Oireachtas ensure we enact the best Disability Bill...The Bill fails to deal with the provision of housing for people with disabilities other than dealing...This is not recognised in any meaningful way in the Disability Bill 2004....For the sake of all those with disabilities, I urge the committee to bring the Bill to fruition and to
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-09/3/
9 Nov 2004 - Having regard to a timeframe, with the withdrawal of the 2001 Bill we had to wait until 2004 before an...The reasonable, favourable and acceptable definition of disability in the Equal Status Act 2000 can be...lifted into this Bill....then Minister of State, Deputy O'Dea and the Taoiseach informed us that multi-annual funding for the disability...draughtsmen to implement what was promised by Government, that multi-annual funding would be ring-fenced for disability
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2005-05-03/2/
3 May 2005 - The definition is built around a medical model of disability and we have further definitions of disability...amendment aimed to move the definition away from these two definitions in the Special Educational Needs Act 2004...I still feel that the Minister of State should re-examine the definition of disability in the Bill because...I understand the considerable amount of work that has gone into the Bill....However, it does not necessarily mean that those who worked on the Bill got it right.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-05-19/6/
19 May 2005 - The Short Title, "Disability Bill 2004", does not really mean anything....The Title "Disability Bill" does not clearly convey what the Bill should contain, purports to contain...The phrase "Disability Bill" is too bland and does not convey clearly enough what the Bill should do....for having disabilities....The Bill will make things worse for people with disabilities when it is enacted.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-02-02/21/
2 Feb 2005 - Boyle I pointed out earlier that this second attempt at a Disability Bill has not been followed through...in the disability sector....This group, in its report on the Bill before the House, has indicated that there are ten fundamental...If it is to listen or engage in any exercise of consultation, this Bill should be withdrawn and put together...We have had the Education for Persons with Disabilities Act 2004, as approved by the House, for which
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-09/3/
9 Nov 2004 - The submission referred to building on the existing anti-discrimination legislation and ensuring this Bill...I find it curious that I was asked whether the Disability Bill 2004 is premature....A substantial portion of the Bill is predicated on the current health board system, which will cease...Perhaps one could say the Bill is premature in that context....The disability community is not looking for unlimited resources.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-09/3/
9 Nov 2004 - There are two definitions of disability....Which is the preferred definition, the one contained in the equality legislation or the definition in Disability...Bill?...There has been some demand for a separate Minister with responsibility for disability....What role is envisaged for the National Disability Authority or the Equality Authority when this Bill
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-09/3/
9 Nov 2004 - We will propose amendments to strengthen the Disability Bill, the Comhairle (Amendment) Bill and the...In section 9 of the executive summary we propose 96 amendments to the Disability Bill and the Comhairle...(Amendment) Bill....I will deal with Parts 1 and 2 of the Disability Bill in regard to the NDA....and the Disability Bill 2004 should be equally binding on both parties and not subject to a single departmental
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Debate: Joint Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-09/3/
9 Nov 2004 - I have three questions on the elderly and disability....That means there are approximately 40,000 people among the elderly who have a disability....Does it believe this Bill has teeth or can make a major difference and have a positive impact on the...lives of elderly people with disabilities?...In 2004 that is a disgrace and we must face up to this blatant neglect.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-12-08/24/
8 Dec 2004 - Minister of State aware that the Equal Status Act exempts the taking of any action required under the Disability...Bill and the Comhairle (Amendment) Bill when enacted?...Does he agree with the Equality Authority that section 5 of the Disability Bill could be taken to mean...that they are obliged in certain circumstances not to allocate resources to services envisaged in the Bill
