Newsletters
Newsletter April 2011
Issued: 11 April 2011
The recent launch of the National Advocacy Service is to be welcomed as an improved and more focused national service, …
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Newsletter March 2011
Issued: 7 March 2011
The major focus of our recent work has been the General Election. The election campaign focussed little on social …
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Newsletter - January / February 2011
Issued: 4 February 2011
Between Friday 21st and Monday 24th of January so much changed in relation to the date of the election and the party …
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Newsletter December 2010
Issued: 1 December 2010
Where disability and disabling conditions exist, they do so together with the other pressures and vulnerabilities that …
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Newsletter Budget Special
Issued: 1 December 2010
Now is not the time for the Government to run "at half mast" in relation to its commitment to a National …
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Newsletter November 2010
Issued: 1 November 2010
Our hopes and expectations for the coming years are outlined in DFI”s Budget 2011 Submission, while at the launch in …
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Newsletter October 2010
Issued: 1 October 2010
The basic reason for the existence of voluntary disability organisations is to support people with disabilities to …
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Newsletter September 2010
Issued: 1 September 2010
The Government has committed to developing a Recession Implementation Plan (The Revised Programme for Government 2009). …
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Newsletter August 2010
Issued: 1 August 2010
We saw the disability sector take action on the 7th of July to protest against further funding cutbacks to services to …
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Newsletter July 2010
Issued: 1 July 2010
We are now witnessing the effects of cumulative cuts and “adjustments” as they now directly impact on …
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June 2010 Newsletter
Issued: 24 June 2010
DFI is often asked by the HSE and other public bodies to confirm that we are a registered charity, and we simply …
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Newsletter May 2010
Issued: 1 May 2010
As required by Section 6 of the Disability Act 2005, the Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is reviewing the …
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