Publications Archive

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 …

DFI Pre-Budget Submission 2016: No Recovery Without Us

Issued: 16 July 2015

People need a form of social insurance that provides for adequate income and support services. However at present our …

Financial Statement for the year 2015

Issued: 7 June 2015

Employment Special Newsletter May 2015

Issued: 11 May 2015

An Ireland that is fully inclusive of people with disabilities will be an Ireland where disabled people take their …

March 2015 Newsletter

Issued: 13 March 2015

Taoiseach Enda Kenny stated in the final Leaders Debate on Prime Time, before the last general election, that …

January 2015 Newsletter

Issued: 15 January 2015

Like many of you reading this, I found the footage from Áras Attracta on Prime Time on the 9 th December distressing …

Disability Joint Statement Budget 2015

Issued: 8 October 2014

At each consecutive budget since 2008, this government have undermined their own promise to “forge a new Ireland that …

2014 Annual Review

Issued: 28 September 2014

This Annual Review 2014 provides us with an opportunity to reflect on where people with disabilities and their families …

DFI Pre-Budget Submission 2015: Leave No One Behind

Issued: 17 September 2014

The Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) calls on the Government of Ireland to ‘Leave No One Behind’ and improve …

August 2014 Newsletter

Issued: 15 August 2014

Over the past number of years, it has become ever clearer just how badly the outcomes of previous Budgets have left …

Financial Statement for the year 2014

Issued: 8 June 2014

June Newsletter 2014

Issued: 1 June 2014

The future of this country is very much bound up with whether we’re going to be an open, inclusive and participatory …