Inclusion Ireland in the Media
- 2008
This section deals with media clippings concerning Inclusion Ireland in 2008. Please click on 'READ MORE' to read the article in full
Intellectually Disabled to be 'left with €50'
Disability lobby group Inclusion Ireland said that the extra levy would leave people with an intellectual disability in residential homes with just €51.05 a week in their pockets...READ MORE |
400 Children in uninspected care
ABOUT 400 children with disabilities are in residential care settings that are subject to no form of inspection regime, an Oireachtas committee has been told...READ MORE |
Hat-trick of U-turns as Hanafin decides disabled pay to stay
Welcoming the latest Budget U-turn, Inclusion Ireland's Deirdre Carroll said the move to cut the allowance without putting in place an allowance to off-set the true cost of disability was a "retrograde step made in haste"...READ MORE |
Disability groups greet reversal on payments to teenagers
Inclusion Ireland Chief Executive Deirdre Carroll said the move to cut the allowance without putting in place another support to off-set the true cost of disability was a "retrograde step made in haste"...READ MORE |
Hanafin will 'reflect' on teen disability payment
"The deferral for a year would give time for further work to be done on the plans and allow for a full consultation process. There could be discussions on the way extra costs associated with disability could be met," the CEO of Inclusion Ireland, Deirdre Carroll, said...READ MORE |
Group's views on disability allowance 'misrepresented'
Inclusion Ireland chief executive Deirdre Carroll said there was a "full and frank discussion" of the issues involved...READ MORE |
Inclusion Ireland CEO Deirdre Carroll discusses implications of Budget 2009
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Banks are called to account
BANKS were warned yesterday not to deny people with intellectual disabilities the option to open bank accounts...READ MORE |
Help sought from financial institutions
Financial institutions were urged yesterday to make themselves more accessible to people with intellectual disabilities. Speaking at the launch of a book produced by Inclusion Ireland, Mary O'Dea, consumer director at the Financial Regulator, said people with an intellectual disability wanted more information on how to manage their money...READ MORE |
Woman wants to tell court of sex assault
“We're just ordinary people and we can see the flaws and so can so many other organisations like Down Syndrome Ireland, Inclusion Ireland and the Rape Crisis Centre, who have been so supportive,” she said...READ MORE |
Disability group seeks change in law on informed consent
Inclusion Ireland...said that the lack of clarity over intellectually disabled people's rights means there is widespread confusion over what happens when family members disagree with a doctor, or each other, over what is the best form of treatment...READ MORE |
Forgotten people who wait in hope
"Many are surprised when they realise there are thousands of people in residential settings with no protection in terms of approved standards of care or inspections," says Deirdre Carroll, chief executive of Inclusion Ireland. "I am aware of the many excellent services available but I am aware also of cases of neglect, poor standards, bad practice and abuse."...READ MORE |
3,000 people with disabilities living in outdated institutions
The lack of standards and inspections is a major issue for lobby groups such as Inclusion Ireland, an umbrella group representing people with disabilities. Deirdre Carroll, its chief executive, said: "There are thousands of people in residential settings yet they have no protection in terms of approved standards of care or inspection," she said...READ MORE |
Who will be the first to feel the cuts? Inclusion Ireland, an advocacy group for people with intellectual disabilities, has lately received a lot more letters than usual from concerned families worried about the future of services, according to Deirdre Carroll, its chief executive.
She is particularly concerned about services for young people with intellectual disabilities who are over 21 and have just finished three years of training. Usually they would go to supported employment or day care services, but it is unclear if there will be places for them, she said...READ MORE |
Inclusion Ireland Slams Cut in Advocacy Services on RTÉ Six One News
Click on http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0710/6news_av.html?2397400,null,230 to view Inclusion Ireland CEO Deirdre Carroll and Inclusion Ireland Adminstrator Paul Alford discuss recent cuts in advocacy services |
Hospital told to reinstate worker who slapped boy
"A child with severe or profound disabilities being hit is a very serious issue," said the group's chief executive Deirdre Carroll. "This highlights the need for independent inspections of care facilities for people with disabilities. There are around 400 children with disabilities in residential care, yet they are not subject to any independent inspection and do not come under the Child Care Act."...READ MORE |
Inclusion Ireland Advocacy Officer Gerald MacCann spoke on the RTÉ Radio One programme 'Outside the Box' about Advocacy. Please go to http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ outsidethebox/1159219.html and click on Tuesday 13th May to hear the interview |
Is Government willing and able yet to help the disabled?
OPINION: A new poll shows great public support for those with intellectual disability, but the State is failing to live up to it, writes Deirdre Carroll. The first line line of U2's song One asks "is it getting better?" and that's the question 300 family members and carers of people with an intellectual disability will be asking this weekend. They will be attending the annual conference in Tullamore of Inclusion Ireland, the National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability. The Government's disability strategy was launched in 2005 with great fanfare. But in a new national poll commissioned by Inclusion Ireland, 63 per cent of respondents felt that people with intellectual disability were treated worse than others in society...READ MORE |
Cowen pushes for frontline health staff
TÁNAISTE AND Fianna Fáil leader-designate Brian Cowen says he wants to cut the number of administrators in the health service to make way for more frontline staff...Mr Cowen was one of several politicians who spoke at the agm of Inclusion Ireland, the national association for people with an intellectual disability, in Tullamore, Co Offaly, last night...READ MORE |
Cutbacks depriving children of speech therapists
QUALIFIED speech therapists are forced to work in fast food restaurants while children with disabilities and in dire need of their specialist care are suffering due to health cutbacks, it was claimed last night. Currently the waiting time just for an assessment by a speech therapist is at least nine months -- generating serious fears for the child's future. The continuing hardship faced by people with an intellectual disability was forcefully highlighted at the annual meeting of Inclusion Ireland...READ MORE |
Ictu alleges bias against disabled in workshops
SHELTERED WORKSHOPS, where intellectually disabled people earn as little as €7 a week, should be investigated by the Equality Tribunal, a conference was told. A request was made by Ictu earlier this year to the Equality Tribunal to investigate sheltered workshops and to find out if they discriminate against those who work there on the basis of disability. Mr Begg told Inclusion Ireland's annual general meeting in Tullamore that the issue was being treated "like a game of tennis" between the two Government departments responsible for sheltered workshops since a code of practice covering such workshops was agreed in 2004...READ |
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