COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, May 07, 2019

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask Chief Executive if he would confirm if he has any plans to implement proposals made at the recent seminar on the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; will he also compliment the staff involved on the success of the well attended seminar and will he make a statement?

REPLY:

Implementation of proposals made, and initiatives highlighted, at the recent UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UN CRPD) seminar are on-going. For example:

• Objectives aimed at implementing the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty will be included in the Council’s Corporate Plan 2019 - 2024.
• Operation Enable which is an initiative of An Garda Síochána in collaboration with the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland took place across the County on Tuesday, 30 April 2019. Operation Enable focusses on promoting responsible parking and the appropriate and legal use of the EU Disabled Persons Parking Card.
• SDCC will participate in national Make Way Day on Thursday, 26 September 2019.
• The Council’s Disability Liaison, Access and Equality Officer recently participated in the Freedom Tech CHAT (Community Hub for Accessible Technology) forum in the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC). She took part in a panel discussion on the UN CRPD and made a presentation on how SDCC supports the right to access for disabled people.
• Contact has been made with Changing Places Ireland in preparation for the promotion of the County’s Changing Places facilities (Lucan Swimming Pool and County Hall), when they open to the public.
• SDCC will support IHREC’s outreach work through dissemination of information on individual rights.
• Access awareness raising actions and events are currently being planned for National Accessibility Week 2019.