Disabled want election gains

As politicians desperately fight to retain their seats, campaigners want the disabled to have their voices heard. A new opinion poll for the Disability Federation of Ireland reveals the main issues they want politicians to address.

The poll, of 1,000 disabled people shows that 85% of them want to have the same supports to enter or re-enter the workplace as are in place for the unemployed.

They also want a Cabinet minister for disability inclusion “to drive and co-ordinate a whole-of-government approach”, including the ratification of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD), no later than the end of 2016.