News Archive

Safeguarding

Issued: 25 February 2021, 9am

Does your safeguarding policy fully protect you and the vulnerable adults in your care?    Safeguarding …

Registration for COVID-19 vaccine for disability staff now open

Issued: 12 February 2021, 3pm

Registration for front line disability workers to be vaccinated is now open, via this HSE portal. …

Connecting Universal Access Groups: A Digital Dawn

Issued: 8 February 2021, 12pm

During 2020 DFI’s Community Development team held 1 National and 4 Regional Universal Access Network meetings with 38 …

Local decisions that affect people with disabilities and Disability organisations

Issued: 8 February 2021, 10am

Local decisions include how local, national, and EU funding is spent in your community on Housing Employment Education …

Wicklow County Council Internal Disability and Inclusion Steering Committee.

Issued: 3 February 2021, 11am

December 2020, the elected members of Wicklow County Council voted to ratify a new internal Disability and Inclusion …

Impact of Covid-19 on People with Disabilities in County Kerry

Issued: 2 February 2021, 2pm

People with the lived experience of disability in Kerry were facilitated to come together by the Disability Federation …

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 …

Help Shape DFI's Future – Short Strategic Plan Survey

Issued: 24 November 2020, 6pm

DFI is working with Mary Carroll from Growth Potential to develop our next Strategic Plan. As a federation, DFI wants …

Turn your social media and meetings purple for December 3rd

Issued: 24 November 2020, 6pm

Access for All Regional Network Meetings

Issued: 10 November 2020, 11am

DFI invite you to join us online for the Regional Network meetings for  Access and Disability Interest Groups from …

This Dec. 3rd don’t hide your support for disability!

Issued: 6 November 2020, 4pm

Not all disabilities are visible, in fact as many as 80% of disabilities are invisible. That means 514,505 people in …

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 …