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Teare under fire over Disability Discrimination Act
HEALTH Minister Eddie Teare MHK came under fire in Tynwald for failing to implement a Disability Discrimination Act – three years after a Bill was passed in the Island and a decade after the UK brought in similar legislation.
Mr Teare said his department would be going out to tender to seek expert consultants to draft the detailed regulations.
'This is a significant undertaking and it has been agreed that this is a piece of work best undertaken by consultants who can bring experience from other jurisdictions. Without this, it is likely that the implementation process could take much longer and be less effective.'
But this did not impress Eddie Lowey MLC: 'Why do you need to employ consultants to ask people what their needs are? It's unnecessary expenditure. You have a lot of expert people. Your job is to implement the law of the Isle of Man.'
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Tuesday 07 February 2012
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