National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Formats

The National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030 was published on 3 September 2025. It sets out a whole-of-Government approach to disability and to progressively realising the rights of disabled people under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The Strategy is available below in a range of formats, including -

• English (PDF);
• Irish (PDF);
• Easy-to-Read (PDF);
• English (MS Word, compatible with screen readers);
• Irish (MS Word, compatible with screen readers);
• ISL interpretation (video playlist).

Braille (UEB and SEB) copies of the Strategy document are available on request - please email disability_policy@dcde.gov.ie.

Programme Plans of Action are designed to complement the overarching Strategy. They will be published every two years and set out the following:

• how the key priority actions under each commitment will be delivered, by whom, and the timeframe for delivery;
• relevant success indicators necessary to advance the commitments contained within the Strategy.

The schedule for publication for successive Programme Plans is set out as follows:

• First Programme Plan of Action 2025-2026;
• Second Programme Plan of Action 2027-2028;
• Third Programme Plan of Action 2029-2030.

First Programme Plan of Action

The First Programme Plan of Action 2025-2026 will support dynamic implementation of the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025 - 2030.

The Plan is available below in a range of formats, including -

• English (MS Word);
• English (PDF);
• English (MS Word, compatible with screen readers).

Irish-language copies of the document will be available soon.