Department of Education and Skills
This site outlines the Department of Education's aims and structures, along with press releases and contact information.
At present it is quite a limited resource in terms of information relating to educational issues concerning children and adults with mental handicap but hopefully this will mark a future stage of the development of this site
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Department of Education and Skills (Special Needs)
This link brings you directly to the special needs area of the Department of Education and Science website |
Department of Health and Children
Provides a comprehensive overview of the Department of Health, its activities and publications.
As such it supports an awareness of the health rights of children and adults with disabiliites and provides eligibility guidelines and pointers in relation to meeting some health care needs.
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Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Ireland's Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform provides up-to-date and comprehensive information about all aspects of the department, including recent government press releases and speeches by the Minister for Justice.
Moreover the publications section contains downloadable information booklets and leaflets on an increasing number of topics.
These include the Parental Leave Act 1998, the Employment Equality Act 1998, Freedom of Information documentation, an information booklet on wards of court, a discussion paper on the Law on Sexual offences and information on the Irish Judical System.
Likely to be particularly valuable to parents and social workers
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Department of Social Protection
In addition to providing an overview of the functions served by this Department, this web site provides relevant information on issues ranging from PRSI rates to payments to persons with disabilities and payments to carers of persons with high dependencies.
The information is well organized and the site has a friendly feel to it.
Contact information is provided in relation to following through on more specialized queries
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Department of the Taoiseach
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Health Promotion Unit
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Office for Social Inclusion
The Office for Social Inclusion is the Irish Government Office with overall responsibility for developing, co-ordinating and driving Ireland's National action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion. |
Office of the Minister for Childrsn (OMC)
The Government is committed to improving the lives of all childresn in Ireland under the National Children's Strategy and in order to bring greater coherence to policy making for children, the Government has established the Office of the Minister for Children(OMC). The OMC is an integral part of the Department for Health and Children. |
Reach Services
Reach Services is a new government portal for public services in Ireland. This website provides you with quick, secure access to public sector information and online, interactive services. |
Revenue Commissioners
This weblink to the Revenue Commissioners website provides tax information and support service for people with a disability. |
The Health Service Executive - HSE
The HSE is responsible for providing health and personal social services to everyone living in Ireland. |
