Patricia Ryan

Intent: Get TDs to attend our lobby day

Details: Lobby day email

Intent: Increased investment and supports in energy poverty and energy efficiency

Details: Budget 2025

Intent: To welcome an opportunity to meet representatives to highlight some of the many issues being experienced by people with disabilities and their families and the key disability issues directly impacting people living in the different constituency areas.

Details: Kare (Promoting Inclusion for People with Intellectual Disabilities) are members of the umbrella organisation National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers (NFVSP) which represents over 53 organisations nationally. Kare participated in a campaign organised by the NFVSP on the General Election , ... Read more

Intent: Commitments from candidates and parties that Disability matters will be prioritised in the next Programme for Government

Details: Rehab's Election Manifesto sent to Political Parties and Candidates in upcoming General Election and participation in NDSA Election Hustings

Intent: To inform TDs of changes to HSE home support waiting list management that could impact their constituents or is relevant to their brief as health or older person spokesperson. ::To receive clarity on what service users would be impacted by the change and if the change would be isolated to CHO 1 or be applicable to other areas of the country. ::To achieve a positive resolution to funding issues that resulted in the cessation of home care hours and have normal service resumed as soon as possible.

Details: Home care providers received a notification that the HSE would cease issuing additional home care hours for older people on the waiting list for home support in HSE Community Health Office 1.

Intent: To seek support from public representatives running for the 2024 General Election campaign to highlight the challenges and issues faced by the disability sector nationally.

Details: 1 - Disability Service Providers lobby Government on the run into the General Election 2024 to highlight issues facing people with intellectual disability & familes in a campaign spearheaded by the NFVSP. 2 To lobby newly elected represenatives to ensure key disablity issues remain a prominent feat, ... Read more

Intent: Signatures on a statement of support for Baha'i women in Iran

Details: We emailed the 220 public representatives - TDs and Senators - to ask them to sign a statement - 'Join UN Rapporteurs to help protect Baha'i Women in Iran.'

Intent: Sharing of information and human rights concerns in particular re Gaza, as well as updates and advocacy in support of the Occupied Territories Bill 2018

Details: Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)

Intent: Funding support for therapy services delivered by Sensational Kids ::Service Level Agreement to be put in place in response to therapy proposal to HSE

Details: Seeking Funding for Therapy Services delivered by Sensational Kids

Intent: Support regarding the decision by the Department of Justice to halt investor approvals for the already approved funding for construction of the National Child Development Centre ::Seeking Funding support for therapy services delivered by Sensational Kids

Details: Funding for National Child Development Centre