Annual Report 2005 - The National Disability Authority
Annual Report 2005 - The National Disability Authority
Annual Report 2005 - The National Disability Authority
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
consultation, the final Sectoral Plans must be brought to the Oireachtas<br />
by July 2006. <strong>The</strong> six Departments are Communications, Marine and<br />
Natural Resources; Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Environment and<br />
Local Government; Health and Children; Social and Family Affairs; and<br />
Transport.<br />
• A multi-annual package of funding of some €900m<br />
- An investment package has been allocated to support high priority<br />
disability services during the four year period <strong>2005</strong> to 2009.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Education of Persons with Special Education Needs Act (2004) is also a relevant<br />
part of the overall package of measures introduced by Government to address<br />
disability issues.<br />
<strong>The</strong> strategy has been an important context for the NDA’s work during <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
New responsibilities assigned to the<br />
NDA by the <strong>Disability</strong> Act <strong>2005</strong><br />
This Act assigned new functions to the NDA. <strong>The</strong>se are<br />
• preparation of draft Codes of Practice in relation to the accessibility of public<br />
services under Part 3 of the Act, where requested by the Minister for Justice<br />
Equality and Law Reform;<br />
• monitoring the employment target for people with disabilities in the public<br />
service, which is put on a statutory footing in Part 5 of the Act;<br />
• establishment of a Centre of Excellence in Universal Design, to operate from<br />
January 2007.<br />
During <strong>2005</strong> the NDA prepared a draft Code of Practice on Accessible Public Services<br />
following a request from the Minister and began preliminary work in relation to<br />
monitoring the employment target for people with disabilities and the establishment of<br />
a Centre of Excellence in Universal Design.<br />
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