News Archive
Disability Federation of Ireland, DFI with the Health Service Executive, HSE and the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, NAI Joint Project
Issued: 2 June 2022, 4pm
Disability Federation of Ireland, DFI with the Health Service Executive, HSE and the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, …
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New National Housing Strategy for Disabled People, 2022-27 Published
Issued: 20 January 2022, 12pm
The publication of the new National Housing Strategy for Disabled People, 2022-2027 on Friday 14th January is very …
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Disability Inclusion
Issued: 16 November 2021, 11am
The DFI led Independent Living Skills, Community Healthcare West Project and Healthy Ireland County Galway are …
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New DFI Representative Tara Matthews to the HSE ASD Awareness and Communications Working Group
Issued: 2 November 2021, 1pm
DFI welcomes Tara Matthews, of the Irish Society for Autism as DFI Representative to the HSE Awareness and …
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DFI Led Independent Living Skills Project, ILS presentation to Minister Feighan a heartfelt event
Issued: 23 September 2021, 10am
The DFI led ILS Project as funded by Healthy Ireland Co. Galway was celebrated last Friday 10 September with a meet and …
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HSE recruiting volunteers with a lived experience of disability for new Disability Advisory Group
Issued: 23 March 2021, 12pm
The HSE are recruiting three people with lived experience of disability to express their interest in volunteering to …
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DFI urge Government to prioritise people with disabilities for COVID-19 vaccines
Issued: 10 December 2020, 12pm
DFI are disappointed that the provisional COVID-19 vaccine allocation announced by the Department of Health does not …
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Cost of disability doesn't add up
Issued: 21 October 2020, 10am
Opinion piece for The Times Ireland Edition, published Oct. 21,2020 Readers of this paper will be familiar with medical …
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DFI Raise Unsustainable Pressures on People with Disabilities to New Disability Ministers
Issued: 5 August 2020, 12pm
DFI met with the new Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration, Roderic O’Gorman and the Minister …
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HSE Publish Information on when Services will Re-open
Issued: 29 July 2020, 10am
DFI welcomes yesterday’s publication ‘A Safe Return to Health Services’, particularly the news that core …
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European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland Briefing on Impact of COVID-19
Issued: 15 July 2020, 11am
The European Anti-Poverty Network Ireland recently published a briefing titled “Rethinking a More Inclusive and Equal …
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Joint Oireachtas Committee on UN CRPD implementation a game changer?
Issued: 30 June 2020, 2pm
DFI welcomes the establishment of a Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with …
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