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Independent Living Skills - County Galway
Issued: 18 September 2020, 1pm
The second day of the project registration took place on Thursday 17 September! People interested in …
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Independent Living Skills - Community Healthcare West
Issued: 18 September 2020, 9am
Project partners work to secure delivery of training during COVID-19! Project partners of the Independent …
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Updated information on Healthy Ireland Galway County Independent Living Skills Training!
Issued: 16 September 2020, 7am
Project partners have continued to work together to secure the schedule of training delivery this autumn. We are …
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Our AGM hears multi-annual funding “now essential”
Issued: 4 September 2020, 9am
Our 2020 AGM looked back on a tumultuous year which started with an unexpected, retrospective 20% cut to our …
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New Social Distancing Guidelines impacting on Accessibility for People with Disabilities
Issued: 31 August 2020, 12pm
In order to safely re-open our towns and cities, local authorities around the country have been tasked …
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Galway City and Wicklow Making all the Right Moves
Issued: 31 August 2020, 12pm
Recently, we explained why DFI are concerned about how new mobility plans, put in place to allow for social distancing, …
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New National Disability Participation and Consultation Network Announced
Issued: 19 August 2020, 2pm
DFI are delighted to see the Department of Justice begin work on the establishment of a new National Disability …
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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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DFI Highlights Shockingly High Poverty Rates at Pre Budget Forum
Issued: 5 August 2020, 12pm
DFI attended the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection’s annual pre-budget forum last week, along …
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HSE Call for Expressions of Interest for Phase 2 of the Personalised Budget Project
Issued: 4 August 2020, 12pm
The HSE have called for expressions of interest for phase 2 of the personalised budget project. Phase 2 will …
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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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