{"id":4405,"date":"2024-02-21T14:27:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:34:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T14:34:22","slug":"taoiseach-must-name-date-to-ratify-optional-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseach-must-name-date-to-ratify-optional-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach must name date to ratify Optional Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Taoiseach has committed to ratifying the Optional Protocol for the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities in the term of this government \u2013 he must now provide a precise date, according to Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night, Minister for Disability Roderic O\u2019Gorman said \u201cIreland is falling down in terms of our response to disabled people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe then suggested a specific referendum on disability rights may be required in the future to prevent this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should be obvious to the Minister, but the government should not need a referendum to force it to provide rights and services to people with disabilities. It could just do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the D\u00e1il today, I queried this outrageous statement with the Taoiseach \u2013 and asked when his government was going to provide rights-based services to disabled people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also asked the Taoiseach to commit to ratifying the Optional Protocol for the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities before the referendums on care and the family take place next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his reply, the Taoiseach said he was committed to ratifying the Optional Protocol in the lifetime of this government, but time is running out. This government has a maximum of 12 months left to run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisabled people have waited long enough. The Taoiseach must now tell us precisely when his government intends ratifying the Optional Protocol \u2013 which allows disabled people enforce their rights under the UN Convention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n<p>21 February 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taoiseach has committed to ratifying the Optional Protocol for the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities in the term of this government \u2013 he must now provide a precise date, according to Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns. \u201cLast night, Minister for Disability Roderic O\u2019Gorman said \u201cIreland is falling down in terms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[400,1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holly-cairns","category-news","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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