NDA Conference 2020 - Presentations
Plenary Session
Catherine O’Neill, Registered Intermediary and Chair, Intermediaries for Justice, England
Raymond Byrne, Full Time Commissioner, Law Reform Commission
Dr Seamus Taylor, Head of Applied Social Studies, Maynooth University
Video Library
Joan Clarke, Former litigant who took a High Court case challenging the exclusion of deaf people from jury service
Gáibhin McGranaghan, Policy Officer, AsIAm
Afternoon Opening Address: Ms Justice Mary Irvine, President of the High Court
Breakout Sessions
Policing
- Kate Mulkerrins (Executive Director of Legal, An Garda Síochána) and Chief Superintendent Alan McGovern (Legal and Human Rights, An Garda Síochána) Effective Policing in the Community
- Dr Claire Edwards (Director of the Institute for Social Science in the 21st Century and Lecturer, University College Cork) Garda Responses to People with Disabilities: Everyday Geographies of Safety and Unsafety
- Terri Sweeney Meade (Principal Assistant Architect, Office of Public Works) Garda Stations and Courts’ Facilities: Making Changes to Spaces
The Courts & Legal Professionals
- Angus Cleary (Inquiry Head, Rapid Response and Special Investigations, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Great Britain) Access and Participation Issues in Court Modernisation Processes and Digital Justice
- Dr Bronagh Byrne (Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queens University Belfast) Legal Professionals supporting Deaf People’s Access to the Justice System
- Dr Alan Cusack (Lecturer in Law, University of Limerick) Evidential Barriers faced by Persons with Disabilities in Criminal Proceedings
Prisons
- Maria Ní Fhlatharta (Research Assistant, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway) The Rights of People with Disabilities in Irish Prisons
- Dr Maggie McGovern (Senior Psychologist, Dóchas Centre, Mountjoy Prison) Toward Trauma Responsive Custody: Supporting Mental Health
- Professor Gautam Gulati (Consultant Psychiatrist and Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor at University of Limerick) Intellectual Disabilities in Irish Prisons: Could Article 13 Hold the Key?
Children with Disabilities in the Youth Justice System
- Deaglán O Briain (Principal Officer, Department of Justice) The new Youth Justice Strategy: Proposals for A Preventative Approach
- Dr Ursula Kilkelly (Professor and Head of the College of Business and Law, University College Cork and Chairperson of the Board of Management of Oberstown Children Detention Campus) Supporting Children with Disabilities in Child Detention
- Darren Conroy (Programme Manager, Extern) Fostering Community Inclusion for Children with Disabilities in or at the Edge of the Justice System
Decision-Making Capacity and the Criminal Justice System
- Áine Flynn (Director, Decision Support Service) The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 in the Criminal Justice Context
- Louise Loughlin (National Manager, National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities) Advocating for People with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice Context
- Patricia Rickard-Clarke (Solicitor, Chair, Safeguarding Ireland and Chair, Sage Advocacy) Safeguarding Reform: The Need for a Legal Framework
Probation and Re-integration into the Community after Prison
- Michael Murchan (Assistant Principal Officer, Mental Health Unit, Department of Health) Mental Health Policy and Supports for Former Prisoners
- Barry Owens (Programmes Manager, Irish Association for Social Inclusion Opportunities) Preparing for Release from Prison: The GATE and Resettlement Services
- David Williamson (Senior Probation Officer, Staff Training and Development, Probation Service) Recognising and Responding to Disability in Delivering Effective Interventions with People subject to Probation