Publications Archive

  1. 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, …

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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 …

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  4. 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 …

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  5. 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 …

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  6. 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 …

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  7. 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 …

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  8. 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 …

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  9. 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] …

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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