Publications Archive

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 …

DFI and AHEAD - Leaving Cert Calculated Grades Submission

Issued: 20 May 2020

AHEAD and DFI made a joint submission to the Department of Education on the calculated grading process put in place for …

DFI's General Election Manifesto - See, Hear, Act #disabilityGE2020

Issued: 17 January 2020

Face Up to the Disability Crisis in GE2020 See the reality of disability People with disabilities are invisible in …

Oireachtas Disability Group Manifesto

Issued: 16 January 2020

  There is a crisis for people with disabilities and their families: 13.5% of the population have a disability.[1] …

Oireachtas Disability Group Pre-Budget 2020 Asks

Issued: 23 August 2019

The Oireachtas Disability Group sets out its asks for Budget 2020. The ODG is made of Dáil Deputies and Senators, …