To: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien

Make Changing Places Toilet Facilities mandatory in public buildings

This campaign has ended.

Change Part M of the Building Regulations to make Changing Places Toilet Facilities mandatory in public buildings.

Why is this important?

Imagine not being able to find a toilet when you need to. This is the reality for thousands of children and adults with disabilities who are restricted in where they can go and what they can do because they will not find a toilet with the equipment they need. They often have to go through the indignity of being changed on the floor of a public toilet or stay isolated from their communities at home.

Changing Places Toilet Facilities are different from standard accessible toilets. They provide extra equipment like a hoist and an adult sized changing bench. There are only 15 Changing Places Toilets in Ireland compared to over 40 in Northern Ireland.
Without Changing Places Toilet Facilities available throughout the country people with disabilities are denied a basic human right and continue to be excluded from everyday life.