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Non profit disability activists. We are looking for equality, inclusion. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs it is society that disables us! [email protected]

[Matt Lieb?? @mattlieb]

Im sick of everyone calling Israel an apartheid state!!!

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

Is there any chance @morningireland you could ask the minster about the €500 Disabilty payment that’s €9,500 lower then their own report concluded that at a minimum people with disabilities needed an additional €10k just to meet basic needs.

We now face another year of poverty and financial pain.

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

‘Penalised for having a job’: Blind tech worker ineligible for Budget 2027 disability payment.

This Government seem intent on heaping more hardship on us even though we are the group in Irish society who struggle the most.

This debacle could have been easily avoided but once again Government seems to think they know best it when it comes to us in the disability world.

They talk to us but the never listen to us!!!!

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

https://t.co/deo3Y8F6Z0

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

@castleDD Great piece Dermot.

[Dermot Devlin he/him @castleDD]

#TW

Channel 4's The Experiment terrified me. How easily can society be persuaded that stripping disabled people of independence is compassion?

My thoughts: https://t.co/4JQ0WoEIWc

#Channel4 #TheExperiment

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

Yesterday our own Sean along with others was on to talk about the continuing saga of @IrishRail infrastructure failing.

Have a listen!

Check out this podcast DART disruptions - how does it impact you? by Lunchtime Live on GoLoud. https://t.co/ub4SNdtRLc

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

At 1pm today, Sean will be on @LunchtimeLiveNT talking about the lift situation at DART stations @adayinmywheels @BernardMulvany

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

Just wondering @ShopPowerscourt any chance the lift can be put back into service it’s now a week out of order!

Some of your customers have mobility needs and a working lifts is imperative.

We hope this post will receive a positive reply.

#Disability #Shopping

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

In for another busy day with Senator @TomClonan and a day working as a very junior senator!!! 😉

Loads to get stuck into today but first up is the defence committee. Sophia will be listening tentatively to the arguments being made then today its a topical discussion on the ongoing Scoliosis scandal.

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

[Gillian Sherratt @GillSherratt23]

Please be sure to share this to anyone you know who is affected

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A group of working disabled people has said that a cost of disability payment should be universal and non-means tested
https://t.co/Uia9xzhd3f

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

In the room at the previous consultations we were told for those working, a tax credit equivalent to the cost of disability payment would be in place so that they too would be in receipt of whatever amount Gov decides on.

As it stands they went for €500, €9500 below the very minimum recommended in their own published report, so it would mean a €500 payment would be paid to a working person with a disability through a tax allowance.

What happened @daracalleary

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

Today Bernard spoke with @andreagilligan on @LunchtimeLiveNT about the ongoing issue of parking charges for people who have to attend hospital for their healthcare.

It’s something we have spoken about over the years as our community is already a community that struggles with poverty and any additional costs to us have a huge negative impact.

We believe a system can be easily introduced to waiver charges for those who are attending appointments and it would offer huge relief to people who are already under immense pressure.

https://t.co/d6F58rTQKz

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

On @RTERadio1 now the car park fees discussion and for years now we’ve called for what @walls2 is calling for an abolition of car parking fees for patients.

[The Scoliosis Advocacy Network #BackUs @scolionetwork]

On 12 November 2025, families met Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and Tánaiste Simon Harris in good faith.

The minutes record:

• A public statutory inquiry, in principle a Tribunal of Inquiry.

• A mediator agreed by both sides.

• Children’s interests to be paramount.

What happened to those commitments?

🚩 No proposal for a Tribunal in principle was brought to Cabinet.

🚩 No Mediator - A facilitator was appointed without families’ agreement.

🚩 The scoping report identifies no children directly consulted.

🚩 Families’ request for further engagement was not honoured.

@SimonHarrisTD was in that room. He welcomed the agreement. He acknowledged trust was already low.

You broke your scoliosis waiting-time promise in 2017. Don’t break another.

Honour your word to families on 12 November 2025.

[Access For All Ireland @AccessForAll7]

@AddressingLife You might just cover the electricity bill on this rate!