Oireachtas disabilities meeting moved over broken lift

The hearing was moved to an Oireachtas committee room due to the elevator which brings people to the Seanad being out of action. Picture: Houses of the Oireachtas

A meeting of an Oireachtas committee on disabilities could not be held in the Seanad chamber as planned on Monday due to a broken-down lift.

The Joint Committee on Disability Matters had been due to hold an all-day session in the upper house on the role of disabled persons organisations (DPOs) and the implementation of the UN Charter on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UCCRPD). The hearing was moved to an Oireachtas committee room due to the elevator which brings people to the Seanad being out of action.