Draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030
The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is seeking your views on its draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030.
Why are we consulting?
Under Section 49A of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA 1995), the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission is required to have due regard to the need to:
- promote positive attitudes towards people with disabilities; and
- encourage participation by people with disabilities in public life.
Section 49B of this Act places a duty on the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission to prepare a Disability Action Plan outlining how it proposes to fulfil the Section 49A duty outlined above.
The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission has now prepared a new plan for the next five years - the draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030 – and welcomes your comments on the proposed action measures, or views on other ways in which the commitment to these duties could be better demonstrated.
The closing date for consultation responses is 17 February 2025.
Introduction to the consultation
Find out more about why we are consulting by watching our video below (available with BSL and ISL interpretation).
You can access subtitles on the video by toggling them on using the video player controls (it is recommended to expand the video to fullscreen).
If you prefer, you can read a written transcript of the video.
Signed with BSL
Signed with ISL
Read the Draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030
- Read the draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030
- Read an Easy Read version of the draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030 (PDF, 14 pages, 4.15MB)
- Read an accessible plain text version of the draft Disability Action Plan actions
Ways to Respond
Respond by questionnaire
Complete the online questionnaire. The questionnaire is hosted on the Citizen Space platform and you can save your progress as you go. Clicking on the link will launch the questionnaire and take you from this site to the Citizen Space site.
Respond by post
If you would prefer to respond by post, please contact the Equality and Good Relations Unit using the contact information below to request a paper copy of the questionnaire. Please return your completed questionnaire to:
Equality and Good Relations Unit
Room 402, Parliament Buildings
Ballymiscaw
Stormont
BELFAST
BT4 3XX
Or return via email to disability@niassembly.gov.uk
Respond in person/group
You can request a meeting with the Equality and Good Relations Unit to discuss your views on the proposed draft Disability Action Plan measures. Please see contact information below.
Alternative formats
If you require documents in an alternative format please contact us to discuss your requirements.
Telephone number: 028 9052 1214
Textphone number: 028 9052 1209
Email: disability@niassembly.gov.uk
Your privacy
To find out how the data that we collect during the consultation will be used, and how your privacy will be respected, please read our privacy policy.
What happens next?
Following consultation, the finalised version of the draft Disability Action Plan, the Equality Screening Form and an Equality Consultation Outcome Report, will be published on the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission website.
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Current Disability Action Plan
You can find out more about the current Disability Action Plan and compare it with the proposals in the new draft plan by clicking on the link below:
