Vol. 509 No. 2
130 Ms O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the committee established to monitor the implemen tation of the commission report on the status of people with disabilities has not convened in over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20024/99]
A progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities is nearing completion and will be submitted to Government shortly. The preparation of the report was delayed because of issues arising from the Supreme Court judgments in relation to the Employment Equality Bill, 1996, and the Equal Status Bill, 1997, and because of the need to have the commission's recommendations costed. In these circumstances it was not practicable for the monitoring committee to meet.
The progress report will chart the substantial progress which has already been made in implementing the commission's recommendations.
