Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 May 2021
47. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Ireland’s plan to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28737/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international treaty that establishes two procedures aimed at strengthening the implementation and monitoring of the Convention. The first is an individual communications procedure allowing individuals to bring petitions to the Committee claiming breaches of their rights; the second is an inquiry procedure giving the Committee authority to undertake inquiries of grave or systematic violations of the Convention.
The Programme for Government reiterates the commitment to ratify the Optional Protocol after the first reporting cycle.
