Publications Archive
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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Pre-Budget Submission 2020
Issued: 11 July 2019
90% of the health disability budget is supporting 5% of the 643,131 people with disabilities. Our pre-budget submission …
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Oireachtas Disability Group pre-budget Submission 2019
Issued: 5 September 2018
The Oireachtas Disability Group, ODG launched its Budget 2019 submission in Leinster House on Tuesday 26th June 2018. …
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DFI Pre-Budget Submission 2019
Issued: 18 July 2018
There are over 640,000 people living in Ireland today with a disability. Four out of five acquired their disability …
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Crumbling Disability Services
Issued: 29 September 2017
This year the UN CRPD is to be ratified. Substantial resources need to be allocated to people with disabilities in …
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DFI Review of the first 100 Days of Government 11th May - 19th August 2016
Issued: 23 August 2016
People with disabilities are the largest minority group in Ireland and the only group that any one of us can become a …
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DFI Pre-Budget Submission 2017 - Make or Break
Issued: 17 August 2016
Every family is affected at some point and when they are, they are met with totally inadequate social services and …
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Budget 2016: Recovery needs ‘to take hold’ for people with disabilities
Issued: 21 September 2015
Disability can happen to any one of us – at least one in 10 adults of working age have a disability. People with …
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