Government seeks input from Kildare residents living with disabilities
Family members, carers, and representative groups are also being asked take part in the consultation
The government is seeking the input of County Kildare residents living with disabilities, as part of a consultation on the Disability Act.
The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley TD (Fianna Fáil) and the Minister of State with Responsibility for Disability, Emer Higgins TD (Fine Gael) are inviting disabled people in County Kildare, as well as their families, carers, and representative groups to take part in a consultation on the Disability Act.
Elaborating on the need for input from Kildare, Minister Foley said: “20 per cent of people in Kildare reporting experiencing at least one long-lasting condition or difficulty in Census 2022.
“When you consider the families and carers, as well as those who work in the area of disability, a huge proportion of the community is impacted by disability legislation and policies.
“The landscape for disabled people and their families has completely changed in the past 20 years and experiences are different in different parts of the country.”
She concluded: “It is important that the experiences of the disability community in Kildare are part of this process.”
Minister Higgins also asserted that the insights of Kildare residents ‘will be crucial in ensuring the updated legislation reflects the realities faced by disabled people and their families’.
“If you are taking part in the consultation, you do not need to say something about all of the issues, you can just stick to one or two topics that are relevant to you,” she added. “We are accepting inputs in a wide variety of formats; written, audio and video.”
Anyone seeking further information about the Disability Act Consultation can visit gov.ie.
The consultation is open until Friday, October 9, 2026.
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