Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2016-11-23-Speech-3-394-984"
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"I voted in favour of this resolution that clearly states that all citizens, all persons with disabilities including those who use sign language and those who don’t, all have equal rights and are entitled to equal treatment, independent living, autonomy and full participation in society. There are currently 51 million deaf sign language users in the EU and 51 million hard of hearing citizens. The EU needs to combat discrimination based on defining and implementing its policies and activities.
One opportunity we can use in Ireland, is the ratification of the UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities which clearly articulates that all persons including those in the deaf, deaf blind and hard of hearing community are entitled to full participation in society. This convention also elaborates on the need for reasonable accommodation, but there can be no reasonable accommodation without the provision of qualified and professional sign language interpreters. For this to happen one crucial requirement is the have official recognition of national and regional sign languages in the Member States and within EU institutions."@en1
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