Publications Archive

  1. Guidance on the Preparation of Annual Accounts for a Community and Voluntary organisation

    Issued: 13 May 2011

    One of the major impacts for community and voluntary organisations in the Charities Acts 2009 is the obligation to file …

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  2. NDS Implementation Plan Needs To Be In Place by End May 2011

    Issued: 1 May 2011

    We are coming into May, and we are now one third of the way through the year, and the new Government has been in place …

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  3. Newsletter April 2011

    Issued: 11 April 2011

    The recent launch of the National Advocacy Service is to be welcomed as an improved and more focused national service, …

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  4. Response to Request for Submission on the Reform of Seanad Éireann

    Issued: 7 March 2011

    It is not the intention of this submission to be prescriptive but primarily to set out the case for the inclusion of …

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  5. Newsletter March 2011

    Issued: 7 March 2011

    The major focus of our recent work has been the General Election. The election campaign focussed little on social …

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  6. Newsletter - January / February 2011

    Issued: 4 February 2011

    Between Friday 21st and Monday 24th of January so much changed in relation to the date of the election and the party …

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  7. Newsletter December 2010

    Issued: 1 December 2010

    Where disability and disabling conditions exist, they do so together with the other pressures and vulnerabilities that …

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  8. Newsletter Budget Special

    Issued: 1 December 2010

    Now is not the time for the Government to run "at half mast" in relation to its commitment to a National …

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  9. 2011 Pre Budget Campaign

    Issued: 1 December 2010

    Budget 2010 introduced a number of funding cuts that have put disabled people at greater risk of poverty, have …

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  10. Newsletter November 2010

    Issued: 1 November 2010

    Our hopes and expectations for the coming years are outlined in DFI”s Budget 2011 Submission, while at the launch in …

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  11. John Dolan CEO Budget 2011 Address at Pre Budget Launch – Mansion House 14th October 2010

    Issued: 14 October 2010

    Our interest is disabled people and their families. We have outlined our expectations and hopes for the coming year in …

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  12. Newsletter October 2010

    Issued: 1 October 2010

    The basic reason for the existence of voluntary disability organisations is to support people with disabilities to …

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