Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Committee on Disability Matters

Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Jimmy D'Arcy:

We are very grateful for the funding that we receive from the various Government Departments, but it is predominantly on an annual basis. Multi-annual funding would allow us to plan for expanding our initiatives. We spend a lot of time in this cyclical process of applying and drawing down funds, whereas if we had multi-annual funding, we could look forward into the future.