Draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030
The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission recently sought your views on its draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030.
The consultation period ended on Monday 17 February 2025 and the results will be published in due course.
Why did we undertake this consultation?
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 prepared a new plan for the next five years - the draft Disability Action Plan 2025-2030 – and during the consultation we welcomed your comments on the proposed action measures.
Background to the consultation
To accompany our consultation we produced the guidance 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
Contact us
If you would like to find out more about the draft action plan, please contact the Equality and Good Relations Unit using the information below:
Equality and Good Relations Unit
Room 402, Parliament Buildings
Ballymiscaw
Stormont
BELFAST
BT4 3XX
Email: disability@niassembly.gov.uk
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 collected during the consultation will be used, and how your privacy will be respected, please read our privacy policy.
What happens next?
Now that the consultation period has ended, responses will be reviewed and 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 in due course.
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:
