A COALITION of agencies supporting people with disabilities have urged the Government to ring-fence funding for the area in the upcoming budget.

FIVE disability organisations came together in Dublin yesterday to demand that people with an intellectual disability do not bear the brunt of budget cuts next week.

A NATIONAL drive focusing on the “feel-good factor” has been launched to encourage volunteers to work with people with an intellectual disability.

ONE-IN-THREE children with an intellectual disability fail to make the transition from primary to secondary school, an Oireachtas committee heard yesterday.