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”.
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...
Read moreJune 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...
Read moreJune 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...
Read moreJune 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...
Read moreJune 1st, 2023
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Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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...
Read moreMay 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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Media Contact : Email: richard.ryder@ddai.ie
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