Disability Federation of Ireland Pre-Budget 2027: The Least We Can Expect
Disability Federation of Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission 2027 sets out what disabled people in Ireland need from Budget 2027, and why this is the year Government must deliver on the promises it has made.
The moment we're in
Budget 2027 arrives at a moment of real consequence. The National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People has been published. Ireland faces its first UN hearing on disability rights in 2027. A Cost of Disability payment is finally on the horizon. This is hard-won progress. Budget 2027 is the first real test of whether it becomes lived reality.
As the Tánaiste said it himself in the Human Rights Strategy: "access to the same services and supports as everyone else is the least disabled people can expect."
That's the standard we're holding Government to. None of what follows is radical. It is the least that disabled people should expect.
Read the full submission - https://www.disability-federation.ie/publications/dfi-pre-budget-2027-t…