We are requested to make submissions to various Oireachtas committees, or to appear before Oireachtas committees on occasion.

You can read the various statements and submissions below.

NDA Submission to the Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life

Ireland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) in 2018. Article 29 sets out the framework for persons with disabilities’ participation in political and public life and stipulates that state parties shall “guarantee to persons with disabilities political rights and the opportunity to enjoy them on equal basis with others"