Local Authorities
Seanad Éireann — 2022-11-24
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Erin McGreehan (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I reiterate what I have said to Ministers over the past number of years. Visions are not mandatory. There is no sign in this of mandatory funding to be earmarked for capacity building, for training to help communities and to help staff make sure they are not making mistakes. Staff are not making mistakes and making things inaccessible for people on purpose. They are doing it because they are not trained. They are doing it because they cannot see or they do not have that lived experience of someone in a wheelchair or someone who is visually impaired trying to get around our streets and our communities every day. We do not have accessible toilets. None of this stuff is mandatory. Visions are not mandatory. It is about time that we make these things mandatory within the local authorities.

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Sitting date: 2022-11-24