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Budget 2014 – Time for Government to demonstrate its commitment to People with Disabilities and those with Mental Health Needs

Issued: 14 October 2013

Statement issued to media by eight national voluntary disability organisations in Buswells Hotel at 10.30am on Monday …

Media Coverage of the Publication National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan

Issued: 31 July 2013

July 2013 Below are links to the media coverage regarding the publication by the Government of the NDS Implementation …

Speaking Notes for Minister Kathleen Lynch

Issued: 7 May 2013

Launch of Introductory Research Report undertaken by the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) In association with the …

DFI / NFPBA Launch of Living in the Community: Services and Supports for People with Disabilities 2013

Issued: 7 May 2013

Mansion House, Dublin, 17th April, 2013 John Dolan, Chief Executive Officer, Disability Federation of Ireland Check …

Photos from 17 April 2013 Launch of Research: “Living in the Community: Services and Supports for People with Disabilities.

Issued: 18 April 2013

LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY: SERVICES AND SUPPORTS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INTRODUCTORY REPORT

Issued: 16 April 2013

DISABILITY FEDERATION OF IRELAND (DFI) NOT FOR PROFIT BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (NFPBA) March 2013 Disability Federation of …

DFI Seriously Concerned about Protection of Services to People with Disabilities

Issued: 7 December 2012

7th December 2012 Press Release The Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) learned today from the Ministers Lynch's …

No More Budget Cuts to People with Disabilities

Issued: 30 November 2012

Press Release 30th November 2012 Budget 2013 undercutting further the services and benefits on which people with …

Presentation by DFI to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Issued: 8 November 2012

 'The patient will be dead before Ireland’s austerity medicine works' – that is the message John Dolan, CEO of the …

Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) deeply concerned at Department of Health's Disregard for the Law

Issued: 25 October 2012

25th October 2012 The Department of Health accepted that it was not in compliance with equality legislation by refusing …

DFI Calls An Taoiseach and Tánaiste to Honour Their Commitments

Issued: 4 October 2012

Thursday 4th October 2012 Embargo to 1.00p.m. At the Disability Federation of Ireland’s (DFI) pre-budget launch in …

Cutbacks to People with Disabilities and those with Mental Health Needs are Unsustainable

Issued: 17 September 2012

Statement from NINE Leading Disability Organisations, listed below, at 11am, Monday 17th September, Buswells Hotel, …