The time for polite encouragement is over legislation with teeth with a national quota system that guarantees employment for people with disabilities is required .
Participation in the democratic process is a fundamental right in Ireland however if you have a disability the State places significant barriers to prevent you from participating in the democratic process resulting in huge numbers of people disenfranchised.
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Living with autism in Ireland today is a significant challenge with limited services and a clear lack of support from most State Agencies working in the area
As the State promises carers a contributory pensions for a life time of full-time care -they have excluded 1000s of life-time carers who received a social welfare payment during their time providing full-time care -these carers have saved the State over €20 billion a year contributing to the huge budget surplus that the Government are holding .It appears that the Government have not learned any lessons from the abject failure of their referendum on care