Publications Archive
2010 Annual Review
Issued: 1 June 2011
DFI’s Annual Plan for 2010 stated that ‘The year ahead will be challenging for our member organisations. Our …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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