Remove the HSE from providing disability services today Minister Rabbitte
After over 2 years as Minister for Disabilities Anne Rabbitte has had time to witness first hand the unprofessional and damaging mis-management of Disability Services by the HSE ,in-fairness the Minister she has battled against these failures and attempted to advance...
The Budget must support People with Disabilities and Carers this Tuesday
Ireland now has 518,000 unpaid carers saving the state €20 Billion we must support these carers with a Pandemic Carers Payment today
Carer Breakdown -The New Pandemic
Some startling facts and figures around carers and the cost of caring interns of health impacts ,physical burden, emotional burn0out loss of opportunity and financial loss. Expectations on carers continue to grow with 7 in 10 carers doing much more as a result of the...
Strong Talent available within ASD community
As we are experiencing a global skills shortage and the “infamous” talent battle is ongoing employers must now start to focus on an excellent talent pool that has been underutilised for many years. A significant number of person living with ASD have a wide...
Quota System Required for Disability Talent Recruitment
As Businesses run out of workers they are reducing hours or closing down for days rather than examine the rich talent pool that exist within the disability community .
5 Ministers with disability in their Job descriptions -Ombudsman report points to total failure to deliver
As we witness daily failures or =f the Government and the HSE to deliver any meaningful services for people with disabilities and look at waiting lists for basic assessment now running at over 4 years with the HSE stating that they cannot deal with providing these...
Committee on Autism first public meeting next Tuesday – Committee member Jennifer Carroll Mac Neill outlines the work plan
I have been a TD since 2020 and I have been deeply struck by the lack of services and the pace of delivery for children with autism , although there has been considerable progress there is clearly more to do and significantly more to do on the provision of therapeutic services .
Autism Committee commences work programme
The Joint Committee on Autism has started to look at issues as they relate to people with autism and their families .The matters that the committee is looking at relate to the services and support provided by the State for autistic people and the committee is to...