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Topic
General Election Hustings: Disability Priorities
Date & Time
Selected Sessions:
Nov 27, 2024 07:00 PM
Description
AsIAm in partnership with Inclusion Ireland is delighted to host “General Election Hustings: Disability Priorities 2024”.
This husting will focus on the key issues impacting the disability community as we look towards the next government.
This husting will focus on Education, Disability (Housing & Supported Independent Living) and Social Protection/Cost of Disability issues.
On the night, there will be an opportunity for community members to hear directly from the main political parties on these key topics.
The areas of focus for this husting will be:
Education
Disability (Housing and Supported Independent Living)
Social Protection (Cost of Disability)
The format of this hustings will be:
AsIAm and Inclusion Ireland will set out their key manifesto asks and issues facing their communities. (3-4 minutes each)
Each candidate will have 4 minutes to set out their party’s position on the key areas of focus (Education, Disability- (Housing/Supported Independent living) & Social Protection (Cost of Disability)
Once every candidate has given their pitch, there will be an opportunity for 25-30 minutes to participate in a Q/A on each key areas of focus. Each candidate will have an opportunity to speak to each question put to the panel on the evening.
The session will start at 19:00 and end 21:00.
Party representatives when giving their pitch on the evening will do so in the following order (alphabetical order-party name)
Fianna Fáil (Michael Moynihan)
Fine Gael (Micheál Carrigy)
Green Party (Marc Ó Cathasaigh)
Labour Party (Cathal McCann)
Sinn Féin (Pauline Tully)
Social Democrats (Caroline Winstanley)