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The Disabled Drivers Association is Ireland’s leading charity which supports Disabled Drivers and Passengers on a national level. We promote independence and equal opportunity through mobility, education and training. Our services include; The EU Parking Card, Motoring Information & Advice, Advocacy, Ability Enterprises & Shopmobility.

Our Mission Statement “The Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland takes care to present physical disability in the best possible light and strives to show that most physical disabilities can be overcome and individuals can go on to achieve their full potential, with the benefit of support and training”.

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AIB and TU Dublin Entrepreneurship for P…

June 2nd, 2023

This is an online course, and all support activities will also take place online. A new course for people with disabilities who wish to start their own business will begin...

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European Parliament of Persons with a Di…

June 2nd, 2023

May. I knew it would bring together over 600 delegates with disabilities from across Europe, representing the diversity of the European disability movement. In 2024 there will a European election...

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Appeals process for disabled drives in d…

June 2nd, 2023

Vivienne Clarke Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said “there can be no standing over” the situation where over 900 disabled drivers have been waiting for an appeals process to...

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My right arm isnt coming back campaigner…

June 2nd, 2023

Gráinne Leahy has been refused access to the DDDPS since she first applied over 30 years ago A Dublin woman who had her right arm amputated following a road collision...

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June 1st, 2023

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Motorist fined for parking in Roscommon …

May 31st, 2023

Gardaí on patrol in the county town on Monday observed a vehicle illegally parked in a disabled bay. A €150 fine was issued to the driver. Gardaí are advising the...

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Tandem bike pilots helping people with d…

May 30th, 2023

"It’s for people who can’t, for whatever reason, cycle a bicycle on their own," tandem bike pilot, Mark O’Donoghue explained. Mark O'Donoghue of 'Cycling for All, Cork' with Nancy Heffernan...

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Rights of People with Disabilities

May 30th, 2023

To ask the Minister for Finance when the Medical Board of Appeal for Disabled Drivers will be appointed ([23970/23] Michael McGrath(Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) The Disabled Drivers and Disabled...

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Leitrim County Council notes there are o…

May 26th, 2023

Leitrim County Council has pointed out that there are already over 30 marked disabled parking bays in Carrick-on-Shannon, one fifth of which are in the vicinity of The Dock arts...

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Kerry man who suffered stroke struggling…

May 25th, 2023

Councillor Michael Foley (Fine Gael) has asked if the system around Primary Medical Certificates – a document that confirms a person as severely and permanently disabled – is broken, hitting...

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Disabled woman challenges exclusion from…

May 23rd, 2023

High Court reporters A young woman with severe intellectual and mobility issues has launched a High Court action over her exclusion from a State scheme which covers the costs of...

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Hospital patients now being charged for …

May 22nd, 2023

Concerns have been raised surrounding the number of disabled parking spaces at University Hospital Waterford. The issue has been highlighted by Sinn Fein Councillor, Pat Fitzgerald. He told Deise Today...

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Disability Inclusive Social Protection D…

May 19th, 2023

Apologies have been received from Deputies Michael Moynihan and Cairns and Senator O'Loughlin. The topic of this meeting is disability-inclusive social protection. On behalf of the committee, I extend a...

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Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabl…

May 19th, 2023

Members participating remotely need to do so within the Leinster House complex, as they well know. Apologies have been received from Deputy Bruton. Today's meeting will consider the employment strategy...

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Iarnr d ireann criticised over its servi…

May 17th, 2023

The Sligo to Dublin railway route is operated by Iarnród Éireann. Iarnród Éireann have been criticised locally over claims they do not give passengers with mobility issues enough time to...

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Motorists warns of no tolerance approach…

May 16th, 2023

If you illegally park in a disabled parking space, you will get a parking fine of €150 Motorists in the Shannonside Region are being warned that a no tolerance approach...

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Portlaoise Court Supervisor of carers fi…

May 13th, 2023

A supervisor of carers told Portlaoise District Court recently that the only reason she illegally parked her jeep in a disabled parking space was because it was after 10pm at...

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European Disability Card will remove bar…

May 11th, 2023

One of the top priorities of the disability movement, called for for many years, the European Disability Card will enable people with disabilities to exercise their fundamental right to freedom...

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