Publications Archive
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, …
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Pre-Budget Submission 2020
Issued: 11 July 2019
90% of the health disability budget is supporting 5% of the 643,131 people with disabilities. Our pre-budget submission …
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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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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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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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DFI Review of the first 100 Days of Government 11th May - 19th August 2016
Issued: 23 August 2016
People with disabilities are the largest minority group in Ireland and the only group that any one of us can become a …
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DFI Pre-Budget Submission 2017 - Make or Break
Issued: 17 August 2016
Every family is affected at some point and when they are, they are met with totally inadequate social services and …
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Budget 2016: Recovery needs ‘to take hold’ for people with disabilities
Issued: 21 September 2015
Disability can happen to any one of us – at least one in 10 adults of working age have a disability. People with …
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DFI Pre-Budget Submission 2016: No Recovery Without Us
Issued: 16 July 2015
People need a form of social insurance that provides for adequate income and support services. However at present our …
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Disability Joint Statement Budget 2015
Issued: 8 October 2014
At each consecutive budget since 2008, this government have undermined their own promise to “forge a new Ireland that …
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DFI Pre-Budget Submission 2015: Leave No One Behind
Issued: 17 September 2014
The Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) calls on the Government of Ireland to ‘Leave No One Behind’ and improve …
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