Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Disabilities, Anne Rabbitte, has launched the Disability and Participation Awareness Fund to support the participation of people with disabilities in local activities, to provide valuable employment experience for persons with disabilities, and to help remove barriers to community involvement. A total fund of €3 million will be made … Read more
The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan, and Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Anne Rabbitte, has announced an investment of over €23 billion in Budget … Read more
Minister of State for Disability, Anne Rabbitte, has announced that the HSE has commenced a process to re-instate the health and social care support in special schools where previously they had been provided. Therapists were removed from schools to allow for the rollout of the Progressing Disability Services (PDS) plan, sparking concerns among parents of … Read more