South Dublin County Council is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity and outcome for all disabled people accessing Council buildings and services.

Social inclusion is an integral part of "Connecting with Communities", the South Dublin County Council Corporate Plan 2004 - 2009. Measures to address poverty, exclusion and inequality are threaded throughout the plan and in addition, the cross-cutting theme of ‘An Equitable and Inclusive County' is included. Strategic goal 5.1.3 of the Corporate Plan states the Councils commitment to "Drive the implementation of the Barcelona Declaration across all Council functions and create public awareness of the issue".

South Dublin County Council adopted the Barcelona Declaration in June 2002 and has been actively implementing the Declaration since then through various actions and access initiatives. This EU-wide Declaration advocates the right of disabled people to equal opportunities, inclusiveness and integration.
Significant Achievements

In 2006 the Council appointed a full time, dedicated Disability Liaison / Access Officer to:

· support the implementation of the Disability Act 2005 across the organisation;

· co-ordinate actions under the National Disability Strategy; and

· assist and advise disabled staff and job applicants/work experience participants.

It is also the responsibility of our Disability Liaison / Access Officer to support and assist disabled customers/citizens to access Council services by:

· Ensuring all reasonable access requests are met i.e. provision of information in alternative formats, Irish Sign Language interpreters for meetings and interviews;

· Assisting disabled customers/citizens to interact with Council services, if they require such support.

For further information please visit http://accessible.southdublin.ie.

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