Disability Stakeholder Group (DSG)

Organisation name in original language

Category of human rights structure

Civil society platform

Country

Ireland

Website URL

https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/e9122-disability-stakeholder-gro…

Type(s) of body

Not applicable

Address

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Legal source(s)

  • n/a

Human rights capacity support

Not applicable

Functions

  • Has played an important role for the past 15 years in monitoring the government’s disability policy and strategies.
  • Members are appointed for a three-year term by the Minister of State for Disability. The DSG is in its sixth term (2022–2024) at the time of writing.
  • Members of the current DSG are individuals appointed in a personal capacity or persons appointed to represent an organisation.

Specific mandates

Not applicable

Structured cooperation with partners at national level

  • Attends meetings of the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group, which is chaired by theMinister of State for Disabilityand attended by officials from government departments.
  • Brings its expertise and experience to help the steering group monitor the implementation of the strategy.
  • Provides a report to the steering group at each meeting addressing the delivery of the strategy and other relevant matters.

Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level

  • None

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