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Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird
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Disability activist and journalist ♿️ Interested in disability issues, accessible comms and politics. Email: niamh.h96@gmail.com
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I was genuinely honored to sit amongst these amazing disabled women last week on International Women's Day to talk about representation, intersectionality, and disability justice. #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

Thank you Sightsavers Ireland for hosting this event!
Six women sitting in a row, each of us have a mic. There is an ISL interpreter behind the speakers. There is a screen in the background with our names and photos. The speakers are me, Sineád Burke, Dr. Sineád Kane, Blezzing Dada and Paula Nolan. Maryam Madani is facilitating. A photo of me speaking. I have a mic on and I'm wearing a blue checkered dress. Maryam Madani is listening to me. She has a mic ad a yellow dress. There are ISL interpreters behind us.
March 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Obviously no city is 100% perfect but Barcelona may be one of the most accessible cities I’ve been to! I was very impressed by the metro system + the small raised platforms for wheelchair-users to have level access to the door. Such a simple solution to a big problem. I wish Irish stations had this.
A picture of the raised platform on a metro platform in Barcelona that makes a level crossing from platform to door.
December 17, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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And that's it! The little synopsis for each section does mention 'disabled' or 'disability/disabilities', so it's clear that disabled people are priorites for the Soc Dems.

In this thread I am just looking at the manifestos but there is a more detailed plan in the Disability Policy Document. 9/9
Further information about our plans for investment to put disability services on a sustainable footing, and our plans for implementation of the UNCRPD, can be found in our Disability Policy Document on our website.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Their pledges regarding Education, specifically inclusive education are good. I like their pledge to provide additional funding for accessible educational material for deaf, blind, or visionimpaired students, but it's a shame that they didn't have the same thought when making this manifesto. 8/?
Ensuring Educational Equality for Children with Learning Differences Too many students with disabilities are not having their right to education vindicated. In Government, the Social Democrats will: ➢ Review the EPSEN Act to bring it in line with the UNCRPD and then fully enact it. ➢ Develop a road map and strategic plan on Special Education and Inclusive Education, codesigned with children and families. The strategy will ensure all school buildings are accessible and suitable to support all children, that educators and school staff have training which is firmly focused on children's rights, and will develop a system wide model to enable access to therapies in schools. ➢ Invest in more speech and language support, shared between schools if necessary. ➢ Ensure that every disabled child or child with additional educational needs gets access to a school place in the same time frame as every other child in the country. ➢ Ensure that all schools are resourced to meet the needs of all children with adequate special education teachers, SNAs and any other resource children require to access their right to education. ➢ Support the call for increased time in state examinations for students with dyslexia. ➢ Provide additional funding for accessible educational material for deaf, blind, or visionimpaired students. ➢ Compile disaggregated data on the education experience of disabled children and children with additional educational needs.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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1. Housing grants
2. CAMHS Intellectual Disability Teams
3. Raise the qualifying child age for unpaid
parental leave to 18 years for children with disabilities.
4. Policy to recognise lived experience
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➢ Increase funding to the suite of housing grants for older people and people with a disability: The Housing Adaptation Grant; the Mobility Aid grant; and the Housing Aid for Older Persons grant. ➢ Work towards the full clinical and administrative staffing of CAMHS teams, including the aim of establishing 16 CAMHSIntellectual Disability teams. ➢ Raise the qualifying child age for unpaid parental leave to 16 years and to 18 years for children with disabilities. ➢ Pursue policy that recognises the experiences and needs of different groups including disabled people, members of the LGBTQI+ community, Travellers and other ethnic minorities, and migrants and refugees.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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That was the end of the 'Disability' section but there are some pledges in other parts of the manifest.
1. Electric Vehicle charding facilities
2. Accessible public transport
3. DPO consultation for all transport projects
4. Cycling scheme
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Restore the Electric Vehicle grant to €5,000, and increase investment in the EV charging point network, including disability- and genderproofing EV charging infrastructure ➢ Invest in public transport to ensure it is more accessible for people with disabilities. ➢ Mandate consultation with Disabled Persons’ Organisations (DPOs) at all stages of the development of transport strategies and new transport projects, whether led nationally or locally. We want to make the Bike to Work Scheme more inclusive with a complementary grant scheme focusing on those outside the workforce, with specific supports for people with disabilities to adapt bikes to their use.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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These two sub-sections, 'Supporting Autistic People' and'Reform of Governance and Accountability' have a lot of points in common with other manifestos, but the pledges are still good. The Disability Inspectorate is a new and interesting one, though. 5/?
Supporting Autistic People Ireland’s record on supporting autistic people is, in many respects, abysmal. Long waiting times for access to services and treatment are the norm, even when those interventions are urgent. Too often barriers are encountered when attempting to access basic human rights. Autistic people should not have to run lengthy and time-consuming advocacy campaigns simply to get the basic supports they are entitled to. In Government the Social Democrats will: Continue to implement the Autism Innovation Strategy, and ensure periodic review of the Strategy, in consultation with relevant DPOs. ➢ Implement the recommendations of the Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism. ➢ Hire additional caseworkers to support Early Intervention and School Age Teams for autistic children’s referrals around the country. ➢ Develop a mandatory national training programme on autism for all school staff. ➢ Invest in the Autism Community Fund’s development and delivery to support community initiatives to address the isolation epidemic facing autistic people across the country, including developing an action plan around isolation and social exclusion. ➢ Provide additional funding towards improving pathways to accessing diagnostic and therapeutic services. ➢ Provide better supports for families supporting an autistic person, including more respite hours and more Special Needs Assistants in schools. ➢ Create a pathway for adults to access diagnosis and care. Reform of Governance and Accountability As things stand, direct accountability for disability services has been removed from relevant ministers, and responsibilities have instead been abdicated to organisations such as the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the National Council for Special Education (NCSE). This needs to change to ensure the rights as outlined in the UNCRPD are met. In Government, the Social Democrats will insist on a full Minister for Disability with a mandate to ensure a wholeof-Government cross-departmental approach to disability policy. There is also a need to overhaul the monitoring of the performance of those responsible for the provision of services to disabled people. This would mean oversight from three key agencies: ➢ A Disability Inspectorate – to carry out inspections or enquiries on all aspects of the operation and administration of disability services within organisations receiving state funding including, but not limited to, the provision of medical services/therapies, education services, housing, and the employment of disabled people. This Inspectorate will be based within HIQA initially, and eventually independent from it (as it will have a remit for more than health-related issues). ➢ A Disability Ombudsman – to deal with complaints made by members of the public, politicians, state bodies or DPOs on the services provided and decisions made by organisations receiving state funding for the provision of services to disabled people. ➢ A revised Disability Authority – to oversee the performance of organisations receiving state funding for the provision of services and supports to disabled people, as well as its current functions.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Here are the main disability pledges. There are some good pledges here; I am particularly interested in the pledge to recognise the role of DPOs, and the pledge to establish an organisation separate from the
HSE to assume responsibility of the assessment of, and care for, disabled people. 4/?
➢ Insist on a full Minister for Disability, with a mandate to ensure a whole-of-Government cross-departmental approach to disability policy. ➢ Follow a rights-based approach to disability, recognising the role of Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs). ➢ Implement, enact and commence key legislation and strategies to promote and protect the rights, quality of life, the independence of disabled people. ➢ Reform the governance and accountability of the provision of disability services. ➢ Prioritise the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when in government. ➢ Create clear criteria for the classification of DPOs, as well as a system of financial supports so that DPOs can participate in public processes on disability issues, including legislative and policy processes. ➢ Invest in inclusion, guided by the findings of the Disability Capacity Review, to put the sector on a sustainable financial footing. ➢ Make multi-annual funding from government the norm for the disability sector. ➢ Implement a weekly Cost of Disability payment to reflect that disabled people have a higher cost of living as a result of their disability. ➢ Establish an organisation separate from the Health Service Executive to assume responsibility of the assessment of, and care for, disabled people. ➢ Introduce a statutory right to homecare and Personal Assistance. ➢ Develop a roadmap on Special Education and Inclusive Education. ➢ Introduce replacement schemes for the Motorised Transport Grant and Mobility Allowance based on assessment of individual needs.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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I think there could have been a lot more disability-specific points in the Housing section. 3/?
Text: To achieve socially sustainable communities, we must also create new housing options that meet the needs of people of all ages and people with disabilities. This can be done using universal design standards, expanding rightsizing and sheltered housing schemes for older people, and ringfencing funding for accommodation for people moving out of congregated settings. ➢ Implement a strategy to eliminate youth homelessness, with a strong focus on those exiting care. Our strategy will be disabilityproofed, LGBTQ+ inclusive, and will address issues faced by Travellers and other minorities.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Their pledge to only join a government if there is a cabinet Minister for Disability has been spoken about quite a bit. I feel (like many others do) that disability issues were neglected in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, so this pledge is great. 2/?
Text: The Social Democrats will only join a government that: 1. Builds 50,000 affordable purchase homes. 2. Fully implements Sláintecare. 3. Agrees a plan to reach our climate targets and avoid €8 billion in fines. 4. Appoints a full cabinet Minister for Disability. 5. Builds high quality public childcare. For the Social Democrats, these are deal-breakers.
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Life has been busy these past few weeks but I am determined to finih this.

Next up: Social Democrats.

I feel like the Soc Dems have made a lot of noise about disability inclusion in the run up to this election, so I am surprised to see no accessible manifestos. 1/?

#GE24
Image decription: A purple manifesto cover with four photos in hexagonaal shapes. Text: Social Democrats General Election Manifesto 2024 #FortheFuture -ItStartsHere
November 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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1.Disability Payments - find a new approach to the proposals from the Green Paper
2. AIM beyond pre-school
3. Fund for students with disabilities
4. Change the resource allocation model
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DISABILITY PAYMENTS Labour will adopt a new approach to the failed government proposals outlined in the Green Paper on Disability Reform. Working with disabled person’s organisations and in line with the UNCRPD we will seek to develop a new integrated single taxable benefit to replace existing schemes and the income disregard system, and phase in a permanent Cost of Disability payment. Ireland has very low rates of employment for people with disabilities and we will improve the Wage Subsidy Scheme and provide increased funding for assistive technology. Labour will complete the overhaul of the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and Disability Awareness Support Scheme. Inclusion and Equality Labour will expand the Access and Inclusion Model beyond pre-school so that children with disabilities are supported at both early years and in school age care. We will also seek to integrate the existing early intervention classes for children with autism into the new model. » Increase resources for the Fund for Students with Disabilities and Student Assistance Fund and widen eligibility. Change the resource allocation model for special education teachers to ensure greater information on complex needs is taken into account. Schools should not be losing out, and disability advocacy organisations and DPOs must be part of the process when developing new policy initiatives
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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1. Irish Sign Language as a subject
2. Assisted dying
3. Reducing patient costs
4. Autism Guarantee for school places
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Curriculums An Gaeilge will remain central to our schools and Labour will trial the teaching of a full year at primary level in Irish and additional subjects at second level as Gaeilge. We will ensure education on sex and relationships is objective and inclusive. Primary schools will be resourced for the new foreign languages’ initiative, and technology and digital skills will continue to be integrated in the school day. We will review existing subjects and the provision of new additions for the second level curriculum including Irish Sign Language. ASSISTED DYING Labour will develop a legislative framework for assisted dying in restricted circumstances and with significant safeguards in line with the recommendations of the Joint Committee report. REDUCE PATIENT COSTS Labour will reduce the Drug Payment Threshold to €50/month and phase out prescription charges for medical card holders. We will also reduce car parking charges by half at hospitals and waive these for patients attending for continuous treatments such as cancer patients. Labour will expand provision of medical cards increasing income limits annually in line with wage growth, including to anyone with a serious disability. We will develop a long-term plan to phase in full free medical cover for all patients not covered by private health insurance. AN AUTISM GUARANTEE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PLACES It is unacceptable that every school year hundreds of children with additional needs cannot access a suitable school place near where they live or must travel for long distances every morning. Labour will introduce an Autism Guarantee to secure an appropriate school place for every child and develop a fully inclusive model of education that vindicates the right to education for all children across the range of disabilities and complies with the UNCRPD and UNCRC. That means better long-term planning, multiannual funding, an overhaul of the EPSEN Act, and the use of Ministerial power to open classes when necessary.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Here are some other pledges in other parts of the manifesto.

1. Increase to the Betting Levy
2. Funding for disability sport orgs
3. Accessible sport facilities
4. Not a natioal issue but I want to include it here - proteect disabled ppl in conflict zones
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Labour will introduce a 1% increase in the Betting Levy to fund new multi-sport facilities alongside a dedicated focus on grassroots and League of Ireland football while seeking increased participation for women and girls, disadvantaged communities, and people with disabilities. Provide dedicated increased funding for disability sporting organisations, Special Olympics Ireland, and the Paralympics, and ensure funding for autism friendly spaces in our public sporting and recreational facilities. Deliver improved changing facilities for women and girls at all public sporting grounds and facilities, and ensure that combined toilet, shower and changing rooms are designed, and available for use by people with complex and multiple impairments or other disabilities. » Seek to protect persons with disabilities in conflict areas and promote the international implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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I definitely expected to see very strong disability work/emolyment pledges from Labour and they didn't disappoint. 10/?
ROUTES TO EMPLOYMENT Ireland has the lowest employment rate for people with disabilities in the EU, and Labour will publish a new Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities and seek to raise the employment rate to the EU average. Labour will legislate for a real right to flexible work, and we will: » Improve data collection on rates of, and barriers to, employment for people with disabilities. » Strengthen the role of the National Disability Authority in monitoring and implementation of policy and provide it with enforcement powers. Meet the public sector recruitment target of 6%, extend it to bodies in receipt of public funding, and set a long-term goal of raising it further. » Provide access to dedicated job coaches. » Reform the Wage Subsidy Scheme with automatic minimum wage increases. » Introduce a single, streamlined scheme to replace the Reasonable Accommodation Fund and the Disability Awareness Support Scheme. » Build on the Ability and WorkAbility programmes and put in place a permanent structured programme to support young people with disabilities into work, training, or further education.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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This is the kind of detail other manifestos have been missing regarding housing. It's really great to see a pledge to reform m Part M building regulations to
require wheelchair liveable housing, and the plede to invest in decongregation and moving young people out of nursing homes. 9/?
LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOUSING Labour will invest in inclusive communities including transport and assistive technology and build appropriate housing for people with disabilities. We will establish the long-needed Transport Support Scheme, and as outlined in our proposals on Transport, expand local public transport and ensure it is accessible. On housing we will: » Fully implement and resource the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People, including funding for technical advisors in local authorities. » Ringfence at least 10% of social and affordable housing for people with disabilities with universal design standards and fully wheelchair accessible. » Reform Part M building regulations to require wheelchair liveable housing, and more universally designed homes (both UD+ and UD++). Review and improve the Capital Assistance Scheme so that sufficient housing can be built by AHBs to meet the level of demand. » Invest in decongregation and ensure individuals under 65 are moved out of nursing homes. » Increase Housing Adaptation Grant limits up to €60,000 and index income thresholds. » Expand the role of local authority Disability Access and Equality Officers as full-time positions with appropriate powers and budget. » Continue the work of the Autism Innovation Strategy and implement the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
niamhnih.bsky.social
These pledges are good and what advocates and allies have been calling for but I would have liked to see a lot more about inclusive education. 8/?
INDEPENDENT LIVING Labour will invest to vindicate the right to independent living. We will review the outcome of the pilot personalised budget project with the objective of expanding the scheme with a dedicated budget office in each regional health area to support disabled people. We will provide a statutory right to home support and personal assistant services, and address barriers to recruitment to address unmet needs. ACCESS TO EDUCATION Labour will introduce new supports and access routes to education and employment for people with disabilities. As outlined in our Education proposals we are committed to commencing the EPSEN Act and reforming its provisions. We will provide an autism guarantee to deliver inclusive education and ensure an appropriate school place for every child with additional needs. We will commit additional resources to the Disability Access Route to Education and introduce a new bespoke adult learning programme to address embedded educational disadvantages.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
niamhnih.bsky.social
Another point we've seen in other manifestos but I definitely appreciate their pledge to improve transperency and accountability. 7/?
DISABILITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Labour is deeply concerned at the failure to adequately resource the Progressing Disability Services (PDS) programme and meet the commitments contained in the Roadmap for Service Improvement in relation to Disability Services for Children and Young People. There will be around 10,000 applications for an Assessment of Need under the Disability Act in 2024, and by the end of the year there will be nearly 19,000 AONs due for completion, with 11,131 overdue at the end of June. Separately over 16,000 children were waiting for therapies under Children Disability Network Teams. We will fund a Waiting List Initiative to provide AONs for the children waiting longest while capacity is built up in the public service and put in place a system to reimburse parents who have had to resort to private therapies while waiting for public appointments. To improve transparency and accountability Labour will provide for the monthly publication of waiting lists for assessment of needs, and therapies.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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The same goes for the pledge to develop an adult neurodiversity and support pathway.

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HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES Our population is growing and ageing, and disability services in our health and social care system must be resourced and equipped to meet existing needs and respond to growing levels of acquired disability through the life cycle. There is massive unmet demand for disability services as outlined under the Disability Capacity Review and the commitments in the Disability Services Action Plan. Labour will fund these plans, and in our annual Alternative Budgets have outlined in detail how we would do this. But service improvements are constantly delayed due to a failure of workforce planning and underfunding of Section 39 organisations. Labour will resolve these critical issues. If elected to government, Labour will carry out an immediate review of the Action Plan funding in place for 2025 to ensure essential services covering residential care, day services, PA services and home support, neurorehabilitation, respite care, and therapy services including Children’s Disability Network Teams are resourced as required. We will put in place a successor programme as part of the review. We will implement the Neurorehabilitation Strategy and fully staff community teams in each health region. Labour will develop an adult neurodiversity diagnosis and support service pathway, develop new service models, and focus on integration with mainstream health services and community supports.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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The pledge to reform the Disability Act 2005 is a common one across most other parties, so, hopefully, we can expect to see this, no matter who is in the next goverment.

Same for the pledge to introduce a cost of disability payment. 5/?
LEGISLATIVE REFORMS Labour will reform the Disability Act through the lens of UN CRPD and ensure the review of the Equality Acts addresses disability discrimination. We will review the statutory regulation and oversight of disability services by HIQA and the scope for a new system to uphold standards and ensure a person-centred and outcomes-based approach inclusive of individual preferences. We will pass mental health reform, address the failure to commence parts of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act and provide legislative clarity and safeguards on the deprivation of liberty. The EPSEN Act will need to be amended and then finally commenced. LIVING STANDARDS AND COSTS As outlined in Social Protection, Labour will reform disability payments to provide for a single, taxable benefit removing the cumbersome income disregard system in line with a social model of disability. This will be developed in consultation with DPOs and people with disabilities. Labour will introduce a cost of disability payment in our first budget, and a discretionary medical card for all people with disabilities who need it, based on medical need not income. We will address barriers to employment and tackle energy poverty.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Disability pledges are mentioned throughout the sections in the manifesto but it’d be very messy to review every separate one, so I’ll skip forward to the dedicated sub-section ‘Disability rights and services’.

I expected every party to pledge to deliver a new National Disability Strategy. 3/?
DRIVING POLITICAL CHANGE The provision of support and services to people with disabilities is a function of multiple Departments and agencies. It would be impossible to centralise these all under one Department. Our aim is inclusion and equality embedded across public services. Labour will end the siloed approach to disability and provide for a whole of government response. We will locate disability oversight in the Department of the Taoiseach and appoint a Minister of State for Disability who attends Cabinet assigned to the Departments of Taoiseach and Disability, and assign statutory powers from Social Protection, Education and Transport where necessary. Labour will: » Deliver a new National Disability Strategy and strengthen the National Disability Authority. Establish a new office of the Disability Ombudsman to provide an accessible method to bring complaints about rights violations. » Ensure all legislation and budgets are disability and equality proofed. » Strengthen and adequately fund the National Advocacy Service and place it on a statutory footing. » Resource the community and voluntary sector, bring the terms and conditions of staff in Section 39 bodies in line with the public service through pay parity, and ringfence multi-annual funding for Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs) to build capacity and self-advocacy.
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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I’m already so impressed. They produced a ‘plain English’ manifesto for the 2020 election, so I expected something similar this year - but this is so much more! Fair play, Labour. 2/?
Image description: A screenshot of the Labour website with accessible versions of their manifesto Text: Synthetic Audio Recording - Large Print Format, Easy Read
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Next up: Labour

I was really interested to see Labour’s manifesto because I feel like I keep seeing people (disability advocates, in particul leave other parties to join them, so I thought they must have something great up their sleeve. (1/?)

#GE24
Image description: A reg manifesto cover with text in the middle Text: Building better together Labour Party Manifesto 2024
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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The last points regarding disability are in the 'transport' sub-section. These pledges are good but there are some big issues with accessible public transport that I expected to see mentioned here. The 24hr notification period for assistance on rail services, for example. 7/?
Text: Invest in cycling and active travel including in accessible infrastructure such as 26 step-free crossings at all junctions and longer pedestrian crossing times; • Involve disabled people’s organisations and disability rights advocates in consultation at all levels;
November 21, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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The first half of this page are just repeats of and expansions on pledges we saw earlier but I think the rest are quite interesting.

I particularly like their point on ISL. It wasn't in the 2 manifestos I've already looked at nor do I expect mant other parties to mention ISL. 6/?
Text: People Before Profit will: • Massively expand investment in disability services and supports including increasing all disability related social welfare payments to €350 per week to take account of the additional costs of being disabled; • Abolish the means test for Carers Allowance & pay carers a Living Wage of €15 an hour; • Immediately increase the number of Special Needs Assistants by 2,000, Special Education Teachers by 1,000; • Invest in education to ensure that every school in the State has an autism class and every school offers a summer programme; • Increase the number of psychologist posts in NEPS by 50%; • Immediately hire 375 additional clinicians to clear waiting list for assessments of those with autism; Text: • Implement a comprehensive plan for staff retention across the relevant services addressing, in particular, pay and conditions: end the discrimination against Section 39 workers; • Establish a centralised database from the moment a child is diagnosed to provide better data tracking and forward planning for a child’s needs and a seamless transition to adult services and supports; • Implement a comprehensive plan for staff retention across the relevant services addressing, in particular, pay and conditions: end the discrimination against Section 39 workers; • Introduce emergency measures to ensure full staffing of Children’s Disability Network Teams and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, including speeding up the recruitment and recognition of the qualifications of international candidates for therapists; • Develop a plan to address the shortage of Irish Sign Language translators; • Double the number of places available in universities for therapeutic
November 21, 2024 at 9:01 PM