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Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016

6 Feb 2020
Committee Stage Lapsed
  • Removes bans on deaf people serving on juries and replaces mental illness bar with functional capacity test for jury service.
  • Repeals prohibition preventing people with mental disabilities from standing for election to Dáil, Seanad, and European Parliament.
  • Makes National Disability Authority staff state civil servants; establishes Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission as monitor of UN Convention compliance.