Disability action plans
Public Authority duties under Article 5 of the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (as amended by the Disability Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 2006) requires Public Authorities, when carrying out their functions, to have due regard to the need to:
- promote positive attitudes towards disabled people; and
- encourage the participation of disabled people in public life.
Public Authorities are also under a duty to submit Disability Action Plans to the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland explaining how they propose to fulfil these ‘disability duties’ in relation to their functions.
The Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Office are committed to carrying out consultation in a meaningful manner in the development of their Disability Action Plans. A consultation event for sector representative organisations was held on 15 May 2007 and draft Disability Action Plans are now available for further consultation.
- Covering letter about the consultation on the draft Disability Action Plans (PDF 87.5 KB)
- Report of the consultation event in the Park Avenue Hotel on 15 May 2007. (PDF 2.40 MB)
Departmental Disability Action Plans
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Culture Arts and Leisure
- Education
- Employment and Learning (Consultation Zones)
- Enterprise, Trade and Investment draft Disability Action Plan (see under ‘Consultation’)
- Environment
- Finance and Personnel
- Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Regional Development
- Social Development
- Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (PDF 637 KB)
- Northern Ireland Office (PDF 979 KB)
