- Read more: Beyond access: Inclusive work placements and transitions from higher education to employment
Widening access to higher education is only part of the challenge. This paper shows why equitable participation in work placements for students with disabilities requires coordinated action across higher education institutions, employers, professional bodies and policymakers
- Read more: How to address the costs of disability in Ireland?
People with disabilities in Ireland have additional costs due to disability including care, equipment, transport, medicines, and additional living expenses. This paper analyses the pathways that Ireland might take to address these costs, using international examples.
- Read more: Public Consultation and Policymaking in Ireland: The Failure of the Green Paper On Disability Reform as a Case Study
Public consultation is a cornerstone of democratic policymaking, offering citizens an opportunity to shape decisions that affect their lives. This paper examines the evolution of public consultation in Ireland and its role in fostering transparency and inclusion, with a particular focus on the Department of Social Protection’s 2023 Green Paper on Disability Reform. The paper…
- Read more: Annual Report 2024
The report details the significant work carried out by the Department of Social Protection during the year. In 2024, total expenditure was €26.99 billion. A €2.6 billion package of additional supports was provided under Budget 2025, aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures through a combination of lump sum payments and increases to weekly social protection rates.
- Read more: Adjusting estimates of poverty for the cost of disability
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has published a new study: Adjusting estimates of poverty for the cost of disability. This study explores the economic impact of disability on households. The study’s findings show that households with a disabled member face significant financial burdens related to…
- Read more: Trends in disability prevalence among young people: Insights from the Growing Up in Ireland Study
The ESRI has released a report “Trends in disability prevalence among young people: Insights from the Growing Up in Ireland Study”, produced in partnership with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). This report draws on analyses of the two cohorts of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study to examine trends…
- Read more: The Green Paper on Disability Reform: a flawed effort to reform payments for people with disabilities
The Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, has recently published a Green Paper on the reform of disability payments in Ireland (DSP, 2023). This has proved somewhat controversial leading to protests outside the Dail in December 2023. The proposals have been seen by some as designed to import the UK system of ‘work capability…
- Read more: Thematic Report on Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators: Poverty and social inclusion indicators in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020–2025 in comparative perspective covering 2018–2021
The Department of Social Protection and the ESRI have published a new report “Thematic Report on Poverty and Social Inclusion Indicators: Poverty and social inclusion indicators in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020–2025 in comparative perspective covering 2018–2021”. The report provides an analysis of Ireland’s advancement towards Ireland’s Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 which aims…
- Read more: Home Truths: Because everyone deserves a place to call home
The Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) has launched a new awareness campaign ‘Home Truths: Because everyone deserves a place to call home’ to highlight the lived experience of people with disabilities in the housing market, and to expose the barriers IWA members face to secure wheelchair liveable housing. More information is available here.
- Read more: Assessing the policies to assist Disabled People to access Employment in Ireland
This paper will look at the current levels of disabled people working in Ireland, examine what supports currently exist for disabled people in the workplace, consider the possible reasonable accommodations that employees could expect to make, and the grants available to them. The paper will also examine other societal aspects that might prevent people from…
