Organisation: National Parents and Siblings Alliance

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Teachers ‘should get special needs training’

Teacher training programmes should be overhauled to better prepare those who are working with children with special education needs, according to a study.

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Hundreds of teens ‘in limbo’ over failure to confirm support cuts

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Ring-fence funding for disabilities, agencies urge

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Budget plea by disability sector

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Disabled left without dental service

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HSE promise on care places ‘won’t happen’

Govt agrees to change disability bill

The Government has agreed to significant changes in the forthcoming disability bill, it emerged tonight.

Fri, 03 Jun, 2005

Disability groups protest over Bill

Disability groups today vowed to continue their fight against the new Disability Bill as it entered the Seanad.

Thu, 26 May, 2005

Three groups withdraw from Disability Bill consultation forum

THREE disability groups have pulled out of a consultation forum because of the Government’s failure to take any account of their wishes in the controversial new Disability Bill.

Fri, 13 May, 2005

Disability groups unite to oppose Bill

DISABILITY groups from around the country will gather in Dublin tonight to keep pressure on the Government not to enact the new Disability Bill.

Tue, 08 Feb, 2005

Ahern ‘guilty of gross hypocrisy on disability’

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has been accused of gross hypocrisy by encouraging people to improve the lives of the disabled while refusing to introduce rights-based legislation.

Fri, 24 Oct, 2003

While Bertie’s jet waits at Shannon, disabled people go nowhere

I’M NOT sure what the second-hand value of a US Navy C-40A military aircraft is, but there’s one down at Shannon airport at the moment which the Government might be interested in acquiring.

Fri, 31 Jan, 2003

Celebrations mock reality of services

THE hypocrisy of successive Governments towards disabled people was put sharply into focus yesterday as protesters huddled outside Dublin’s Mansion House where the Taoiseach celebrated Ireland’s contribution to the European Year of People with Disabilities.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2003

Lack of college therapy places angers parents

PARENTS of autistic children have accused the Government of reneging on promises to tackle a shortage of therapists.

Fri, 11 Oct, 2002

Parents fight for mentally disabled children's education

Parents of mentally handicapped children in Ireland were today launching a bid to give them the legal right to education and official recognition.

Tue, 02 Oct, 2001