Dundalk woman appointed to new committee
DUNDALK native Bernie Bradley is one of eleven people who were formally appointed yesterday to serve on the first ever statutory advisory committee in Ireland to support monitoring of Ireland’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
Bernie, who works as a Social Inclusion Officer in Monaghan County Council is delighted to have been appointed to the Disability Advisory Committee.
She has worked in the area of accessibility and equality for 25 years, working in both community and voluntary sector and public sector. Since 2004 she has worked in the local government sector leading significant cultural and organisational change in equality and accessibility in Monaghan County Council. Bernie has developed numerous policies and initiatives to improve accessibility for people with disabilities that have been implemented in local authorities throughout the country. Bernie holds a Master’s Degree in Public Management and a Professional Diploma in Human Rights and Equality.
Bernie is also involved in the area of disability rights in a voluntary capacity with Down Syndrome Ireland. Bernie’s daughter Jinny, who is six and has Down syndrome, attends St Malachy’s infant school.
Emily Logan, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission said: ‘ The question of how Ireland meets its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities must be put in the spotlight. This new Disability Advisory Committee will be an important mechanism to ensure that the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission can fulfil its mandate to hold the State to account on the rights of people with disabilities.’