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  1. Nomination call out for DFI Representatives on Statutory Committees

    Issued: 22 February 2023, 10am

    DFI represents its member organisations on over thirty National Health and other Statutory Committees (see health list …

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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