People with Disabilities are Shattered
Department of Justice withdraws 2012 funding for People with Disabilities Ireland (PwDI)
The Board of PwDI at its meeting yesterday were extremely shocked to learn that the Minister for Justice and Equality has withdrawn funding for 2012 to support the work of People with Disabilities in Ireland .
The decision to withdraw this funding will have a detrimental effect on the lives of so many people with disabilities nationally. This decision shows a complete disregard for the voluntary work of hundreds of members over the past decade and all that they have achieved and accomplished. Not alone will it end the running of PwDI as an organisation but it will mean the disempowerment of so many volunteer people with disabilities. This decision has astonished the Board and the members of PwDI countrywide who believe that in one short letter the Minister has silenced the acknowledged expert voice of people with disabilities and set back the disability agenda 15 years. PwDI is the only umbrella organisation for so many people where they felt that they had a say and now that voice has been silenced.
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