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Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary said today on #RTETWIP that his department are "working hard" to get the #costofdisability included for #Budget2027.

TWIP will rebroadcast tonight at 23:15 on @rteone.rte.ie.
September 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
sullydaysleeper.bsky.social
#Spéirgorm #Spéighorm #Disability #CostofDisability #DisabilityRights.https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/02/28/hundreds-attend-dublin-protest-for-disability-emergency-payment/
Hundreds attend Dublin protest for disability emergency payment
Organisers say last year’s budget left people with disabilities up to €1,400 worse off annually
www.irishtimes.com
March 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
mattlester3143.bsky.social
Let’s be reyt #costofdisability
November 28, 2024 at 6:32 PM
sullydaysleeper.bsky.social
I attend a special gym for ppl with neuromuscular diseases & neurological conditions, it is partly subsidised (& an excellent facility) but we still pay €8.50 per session. Safe excercise is vital for those of us that attend #costofdisability #disability #Speirgorm #speirgorm
October 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
sullydaysleeper.bsky.social
1/2 There is a real gap here for people under 65. Also home help no longer do any domestic work, they only assist with personal care this is a real gap too, sometimes you just need help with a few household tasks. I don't get home help because I can
#SpéirGorm
#DisabilityRights
#CostOfDisability
johnbarrington.eurosky.social John Barrington @johnbarrington.eurosky.social · 21d
Oh Hannah, you were through the mill from that one fall.
On the subject of alarm we too enquired via PHN to be told same as you - no funding for under 65’s regardless of condition and likelihood of falls.
September 7, 2026 at 9:48 AM
ilmireland.bsky.social
Today the DPO Network opened the #CostOfDisabilitySummit with a powerful expert panel grounded in lived experience and collective rights based advocacy

Shout out to ILMI Policy Officer Dr Michael Seifu for speaking so powerfully on the real lived experience of the #CostOfDisability

#ILMI #DPO
IMAGE: The DPO Network representatives left to right, Brian Hayes Chair National Platform of self advocates, Elaine Grehan Advocacy Manager IDS (Irish Deaf Society), Adrian Carroll Senior Policy Officer ASIAM, Dr Michael Seifu Policy Officer ILMI, Amy Hasset DWI (Disabled Women Ireland). IMAGE: The DPO Network representatives left to right, Brian Hayes Chair National Platform of self advocates, Elaine Grehan Advocacy Manager IDS (Irish Deaf Society), Adrian Carroll Senior Policy Officer ASIAM, Dr Michael Seifu Policy Officer ILMI, Amy Hasset DWI (Disabled Women Ireland). Screenshot IMAGE: The DPO Network representatives left to right, Brian Hayes Chair National Platform of self advocates, Elaine Grehan Advocacy Manager IDS (Irish Deaf Society), Adrian Carroll Senior Policy Officer ASIAM, Dr Michael Seifu Policy Officer ILMI, Amy Hasset DWI (Disabled Women Ireland).
May 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
disabilityfed.bsky.social
Disabled people are €1,400 worse off this year. We cannot wait another day.

Budget 2026 cut one-off disability payments with nothing to replace them.

Join us from 12.30 on 9 December at Leinster House where we'll be demanding an Emergency Winter Payment.

#CostOfDisability
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December 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
dpnewshubie.bsky.social
📢 Sinn Féin motion re Cost of Disability takes place tomorrow, 14th October at 7:20pm.

Watch live here 👉 www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachta...

#CostOfDisability #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights #Participation
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October 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
ilmireland.bsky.social
Disabled People are the experts in our own lives.

ILMI’s #CostOfDisability Position Paper is grounded in lived experience and collective rights based analysis from Disabled People across Ireland.

Read the full paper:
ilmi.ie/ilmi-submiss...

#ILMI #CostOfDisabilitySummit #DPO #DisabilityRights
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May 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
ilmireland.bsky.social
Huge thanks to all local DPO representatives and delegates who joined yesterday’s preparation Zoom ahead of today’s #CostOfDisabilitySummit.

Powerful discussion grounded in lived experience, collective analysis and rights based change.

Nothing about us without us.

#ILMI #CostOfDisability #DPO
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May 13, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Our Public Affairs and Advocacy team has completed several submissions recently to highlight the need to address the #CostOfDisability.

Read the submissions on our website: rehab.ie/what-we-do/p...

#DisabilityBudget #Budget2026
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July 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM