Publications Archive

DFI Submission on National Access Plan, 2022-26

Issued: 25 June 2021

DFI made a submission to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and the …

AHEAD/DFI Submission on Student Grants

Issued: 21 April 2021

Last week, AHEAD and DFI made a submission to inform the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, …

DFI Submission on the State's UN CRPD draft report

Issued: 12 April 2021

This is DFI's submission on the state's first report on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

SOLA QQI Level 8 Course - Quality Management

Issued: 7 December 2020

This QQI Level 8 accredited course is an introduction to Quality Management. The course was developed in response to …

Disability Federation of Ireland Budget 2021 Key Measures

Issued: 14 October 2020

The Disability Federation of Ireland, DFI welcomes the announcement of an extra €100 million for disability …

Oireachtas Disability Group Pre Budget Submission 2021

Issued: 5 October 2020

The community and voluntary members of the Oireachtas Disability Group, ODG, have made a pre Budget 2021. The ODG have …

Time to Get Real

Issued: 18 September 2020

DFI Pre Budget Submission 2021 Our expectation is that Budget 2021 will deliver on the strong commitments made in the …

DFI Annual Report 2019

Issued: 11 September 2020

Letter from our Chairperson   Writing this address in May I cannot ignore the COVID-19 emergency that we find …

Financial Statement for the year 2019

Issued: 11 September 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities and the Disability Sector

Issued: 10 July 2020

On Monday 29th June, DFI made a submission to the Oireachtas Special Committee on COVID-19 Response on the impact of …

People with Disabilities' Non-COVID-19 Related Health

Issued: 10 July 2020

On 1st July 2020, DFI made a submission to the Oireachtas Special Committee on COVID-19 Response. The submission …

High-Risk People in Catch-22 during COVID-19

Issued: 3 June 2020

People at high risk from COVID-19 are being put in an impossible situation when official advice tells them to stay home …