Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-30
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Mark Ward (SF), Dublin Mid-West

Last night, Sinn Féin brought forward a motion that aims to protect children with disabilities. The Government did not oppose this motion. This is a tactic that the Government has been using for a lot of Sinn Féin motions. It will not oppose but it also will not support simply because it does not want to publicly vote against services for children with disabilities. The recent High Court ruling found that the HSE was in breach of the law by not providing children with disabilities with a comprehensive assessment of needs within the statutory six-month timeframe. Does the Taoiseach accept that this breach of law happened under his watch? Who will be held accountable? Can the Taoiseach give a guarantee that the Government will implement all of the actions in the Sinn Féin motion that it did not oppose last night?

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Sitting date: 2022-03-30