Publications
DFI National Health Committees Representation
Issued: 7 October 2022
DFI represents its members on over 30 National Health Committees, providing disability specific expertise, and …
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Transfer of Specialist Disability Services from Department of Health to Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Issued: 25 March 2022
Responsibility for specialist community-based disability services will soon transfer from the Department of Health to …
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Budget 2022 Key Measures
Issued: 15 October 2021
DFI have analysed how Budget 2022 will impact on people with disabilities, their families and disability organisations. …
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DFI Submission on Disability Action Plan 2022-25
Issued: 8 October 2021
DFI Summary of Requirements 2022-25 DFI Submission on Disability Action Plan 2022-25 Th
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Oireachtas Disability Group Pre Budget Submission 2022
Issued: 24 September 2021
Budget 2022 is an opportunity to show commitment to implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with …
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DFI Submission on National Access Plan, 2022-26
Issued: 25 June 2021
DFI made a submission to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and the …
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AHEAD/DFI Submission on Student Grants
Issued: 21 April 2021
Last week, AHEAD and DFI made a submission to inform the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, …
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Time to Get Real
Issued: 18 September 2020
DFI Pre Budget Submission 2021 Our expectation is that Budget 2021 will deliver on the strong commitments made in the …
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People with Disabilities' Non-COVID-19 Related Health
Issued: 10 July 2020
On 1st July 2020, DFI made a submission to the Oireachtas Special Committee on COVID-19 Response. The submission …
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Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities and the Disability Sector
Issued: 10 July 2020
On Monday 29th June, DFI made a submission to the Oireachtas Special Committee on COVID-19 Response on the impact of …
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High-Risk People in Catch-22 during COVID-19
Issued: 3 June 2020
People at high risk from COVID-19 are being put in an impossible situation when official advice tells them to stay home …
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DFI and AHEAD - Leaving Cert Calculated Grades Submission
Issued: 20 May 2020
AHEAD and DFI made a joint submission to the Department of Education on the calculated grading process put in place for …
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DFI's General Election Manifesto - See, Hear, Act #disabilityGE2020
Issued: 17 January 2020
Face Up to the Disability Crisis in GE2020 See the reality of disability People with disabilities are invisible in …
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Oireachtas Disability Group Manifesto
Issued: 16 January 2020
There is a crisis for people with disabilities and their families: 13.5% of the population have a disability.[1] …
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Oireachtas Disability Group Pre-Budget 2020 Asks
Issued: 23 August 2019
The Oireachtas Disability Group sets out its asks for Budget 2020. The ODG is made of Dáil Deputies and Senators, …
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