Publications Archive

  1. Disability Profile - County Clare

    Issued: 1 October 2018

    Disability Profile: County Clare[1] Population 13% of the population of Clare, or 15,369 people have at least one …

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  2. Plain English Version - The situation of younger people with disabilites living in nursing homes in Ireland - phase 1

    Issued: 20 September 2018

    This report was prepared by Dr Maria Pierce, Sophia Kilcullen, and Dr Mel Duffy. It explores the situation for 48 …

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. List of wheelchair accessible beaches

    Issued: 13 July 2018

    NOTE: These arrangements have not been fully finalised for the Summer 2023 season. We will update the information as it …

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  6. Disability Federation of Ireland Annual Review 2017

    Issued: 5 June 2018

    Take a look at our new interactive annual review here.

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  7. 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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  8. Report on Chairpersons as Effective Leaders

    Issued: 26 July 2017

    The Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) appreciates and recognises the significant roles being performed by the …

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  9. Budgeting and Variance Analysis for Community and Voluntary Organisations

    Issued: 26 July 2017

    One of the objectives of good budgeting is to provide a base against which actual financial results can be compared. …

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  10. Internal Control Checklist for Community and Voluntary Organisations

    Issued: 26 July 2017

    This guidance document is designed to assist community and voluntary organisations evaluate their performance against …

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  11. Mainstream Health and Disability: The Facts

    Issued: 26 July 2017

    Mainstream health services are often not appropriate and/or accessible to the needs of people with disabilities. Costs …

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  12. DFI Annual Review 2016

    Issued: 20 July 2017

    It was a year like no other for DFI – a ground breaking general election campaign ‘Disable Inequality’ then …

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