Upcoming elections in 2024!
📷 Voting for local, EU & Limerick Mayoral elections on Fri 7 Jun
📷 Check if you're registered to vote:
checktheregister.ie/en-IE/search

#LocalElections2024 #EUelections2024 citizensinfo

Just launched!

Our 'Enforcement toolkit' is a guide that helps persons with disabilities and their organisations identify who can help them when their rights are breached - and how to seek redress.

Read it:
edf-feph.org/guide-launched…

We are at this event today on Disability Policy in Focus. It's a very welcome event from Dept of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery & Reform

We are delighted to have Paul and Angela from Inclusion Ireland host a webinar on An Introduction to Easy to Read tomorrow at 7pm!

#ISL will be available at this event.

Book your spot here: dpcn.ie/event/an-intro…

#DisabilityTwitter #UNCRPD #AccessibleCommunications

Great initiative about to get underway BlarneyGAA and you don’t have to be from Blarney to take part! DFI

Press Release: Disability Federation of Ireland asks EU Election candidates to sign their  #DisabilityPledge disability-federation.ie/news/press-rel… #EUelections2024 European Disability Forum

#UseYourVote . Or others will decide for you. 🇪🇺

How?
1️⃣ Register to vote by 20 May: checktheregister.ie
2️⃣ Sign up for voting reminders: europa.eu/!tVffmbc
3️⃣ Go to vote on 7 June!

#EUelections2024 #EE24

Deadline for this is Friday

Don’t you just love the sheer joy conveyed by these photos.Members of Maynooth Access Group and Newbridge Disability Access Group gifted a selection of inclusive toys to the service users in Kare in Co Kildare recently and I think it’s say to say that the toys were a big hit

Waterford we are coming for you!
IWA's Local Elections Hustings tour kicks off in #Waterford today.
We look forward to meeting all the candidates. Our ask is that you support the issues identified in IWA's election manifesto, if elected.
#LocalElections24 #IWAAdvocacy

Reminder about the last episode in the series airs this evening at 7.30pm #LastOneOnTheTrain

Pleased to be attending day 2 of the European Disability Forum Annual General Assembly and hear updates on the work the European Disability Forum are doing to advance the rights of people with disabilities in Europe and globally

Today is the final deadline to apply for a postal vote for the upcoming elections!

Get the forms from CheckTheRegister.ie

DFI CEO John Dolan spoke to the Confederal Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation Tea Jarc about the critical issues facing Section 39 workers in Ireland at the European Disability Forum conference

Data on employers from European Disability Forum research of 27 countries showed:
- 77% were not aware of public programmes for acquiring assistive tech
- 70% do not have a standardised HR procedure on reasonable accommodation
- 75% do not have accessible recruitment policies

Great to be in attendance at the European Disability Forum conference in Ljubljana and discuss #disabilityrights with colleagues from across Europe

The lack of wheelchair liveable housing not only denies individuals their right to housing under the UNCRPD but also impacts their ability to access education, employment, and healthcare. Let's create an inclusive society where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive. #UNCRPD

Disability activist Michael Meere invites candidates in the #EUelections to sign our #DisabilityPledge . He also speaks about the importance of getting out to vote in the Local and EU Elections on Friday 7 June. youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1uJM… #DisabilityVotesCount

'It's so important to celebrate the beauty of our differences' Maryam Madani RTÉ Radio 1 rte.ie/lifestyle/livi…

The department is recruiting a Principal Officer – (Special Education, Therapy and Inclusion Services)

Application closing date: 3pm on Monday, 20 May 2024.

More information 👉 gov.ie/en/publication…