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>National</strong> <strong>Disability</strong> <strong>Authority</strong><br />
Strategic Priority Four:<br />
Developing quality in services for<br />
people with disabilities<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Disability</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> (NDA) has an important statutory remit in relation<br />
to developing standards and codes of practice, and monitoring the implementation<br />
of standards and codes in programmes and services for people with disabilities. <strong>The</strong><br />
development of standards and the preparation of draft codes of practice are core<br />
elements of work in this strategic priority area.<br />
4<br />
Objective 4.1<br />
To develop standards, in partnership with<br />
Government Departments and their agencies in<br />
health funded services and transport services.<br />
Standards Advisory Committee<br />
<strong>The</strong> Standards Advisory Committee (SAC) was formally established in May 2002,<br />
under the Chairmanship of Professor Vincent Dodd. <strong>The</strong> Committee’s term of office<br />
concluded in <strong>2005</strong> and throughout this period the Committee met on 10 occasions<br />
and provided the NDA with valuable advice on a number of important projects,<br />
including the development of the <strong>National</strong> Standards for <strong>Disability</strong> Services.<br />
Quality of Life in Residential Services<br />
In September <strong>2005</strong>, representatives of the NDA, Health Service Executive, Health<br />
Research Board and <strong>National</strong> Federation of Voluntary Bodies came together to discuss<br />
the matter of the quality and costs of various residential service models for people<br />
with intellectual disabilities in Ireland.<br />
It was agreed that the NDA would commission an initial literature review to be<br />
completed in early 2006 and that a further national study in this area would be<br />
considered.<br />
Recommended Accessibility Guidelines for Public Transport<br />
Operators in Ireland<br />
In 2004, to assist and support the Department of Transport in achieving a high<br />
level of public transport accessibility, the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Disability</strong> <strong>Authority</strong> (NDA)<br />
undertook to develop and recommend draft guidelines for improving access to bus,<br />
rail and light rail services for people with disabilities in Ireland. Following a process<br />
of national consultation with all of the key stakeholders, the guidelines document<br />
Recommended Accessibility Guidelines for Public Transport<br />
Operators was produced and launched in November <strong>2005</strong>.<br />
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