The National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030

The National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030 is Ireland’s plan to advance the realisation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We are committed to the principles of the Convention - to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all disabled people and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. Ultimately, our goal is to ensure that disabled people are supported and empowered to live full lives of their own choosing.

The Programme for Government 2025 prioritised the publication and funding of a new National Disability Strategy, setting out a vision to 2030. It adopted a whole-of-Government approach to advancing the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Individual Government Departments and State Agencies are responsible for planning and delivering the commitments that come under their remit across five key Pillars:

The National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030 is the primary whole-of-Government vehicle for the advancement of this work over the next five years.

The Strategy will be supplemented by a Programme Plan of Action every two years, with the first for publication three months after this Strategy. These Programme Plans will set out –

• How the key priority actions under each commitment will be delivered on, and by whom;
• The timeframe for delivery, and;
• Relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

They will also identify areas in need of specific policy focus.

Oversight of delivery will be undertaken by the Cabinet Committee on Disability, supported by the relevant Senior Officials Group and the Disability Unit in the Department of the Taoiseach. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters will function as part of the broader political and democratic oversight of progress. A Delivery and Monitoring Committee will be established with representation from Disabled Persons’ Organisations and other disability stakeholders.

At all stages, the views and opinions of disabled persons, their organisations, and other relevant stakeholders will be central to delivery. We are committed to building their capacity, where needed, to support them in providing this strong voice.

Contact:

Disability Equality Policy Unit - disability_policy@dcde.gov.ie