Open Letter to Liz Kimmins MLA Minister for Infrastructure
Dear Minister Kimmins We demand free transport concessions for Disabled people in Northern Ireland We, the undersigned, represent disabled people, disabled people’s organisations, allies and advocacy groups. We are joining…
Keep readingDisability Strategy Open Letter to Northern Ireland Executive Ministers
Open letter to the NI Executive: The Draft Disability Strategy is a massive disappointment, work with us to deliver a Strategy that will make a difference. Dear Executive Ministers, The…
Keep readingDisappointment with the Draft Disability Strategy: A Briefing Paper
This is a briefing paper developed by Imtac in collaboration with 3 other members of the former Disability Strategy Co Design Group. It sets out the collective concerns over the…
Keep readingSay No to Home Care Charges: DPAC NI Rejects Proposals in the Health & Social Care Reset Plan
Disabled People Against Cuts Northern Ireland (DPAC NI) is deeply alarmed by a suggestion buried within the Department of Health’s recently published Health & Social Care Reset Plan (July 2025):…
Keep readingUN Raises Alarm Over UK Disability Cuts Bill
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has issued a formal request for urgent answers from the UK Government about the Universal Credit and Personal Independence…
Keep readingDPAC Northern Ireland Response to Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill
“The government refuses to listen to feedback about the proposals to cut PIP & Universal Credit for disabled people, which will have such an impact in NI.” 1. Unjustified &…
Keep readingWe Won’t Be Silenced: Why Disabled People Walked Out of the ConsultASham
We went to the meeting to speak truth to power. But once again, disabled people were treated as afterthoughts — expected to stay silent, nod politely, and comply with a…
Keep readingProtest – Monday 16 June, 1PM: Northern Ireland’s Disabled Shut Out of DWP Green Paper
DPAC Northern Ireland is organising a protest outside the “Pathways to Work public consultation event” by the DWP in north Belfast, Monday 16th 1-2pm outside NICVA offices The event is…
Keep readingFermanagh and Omagh District Council Respond to DWP Green Paper
I welcome the Council’s comprehensive response to the DWP’s “Pathways to Work” Green Paper, and I commend its clear opposition to many of the proposed changes that would disproportionately harm…
Keep readingSCAM ALERT: Fake DWP Messages Targeting Disabled People
A new scam is doing the rounds — and it’s targeting people on benefits, including disabled claimants in Northern Ireland. People have reported receiving text messages claiming to be from…
Keep readingDPAC Northern Ireland at Westminster Mass Lobby Against Welfare Cuts
On Wednesday 21st May 2025, disability rights campaigner Dermot Devlin travelled from Northern Ireland to Westminster to represent Disabled People Against Cuts Northern Ireland (DPAC NI) at the national Mass…
Keep readingDPAC Northern Ireland to Join Mass Lobby Against Disability Benefit Cuts at Westminster
Disabled People Against Cuts Northern Ireland (DPAC NI) will be proudly representing our community at the upcoming Mass Lobby Against Benefit Cuts, taking place on Wednesday, 21st May 2025, from…
Keep readingQuestions MLAs Must Ask in Northern Ireland Assembly
DPAC NI Benefit Cuts Questions Question 1 How many Deaf and Disabled people will be impacted by the PIP cuts in Northern Ireland?– based on the static cut and not…
Keep readingSetting the Record Straight – Response to Inaccuracies in Labour MP Position on Disability Benefit Cuts
Disabled constituents have complained of misleading and inaccurate information in letters they have received from Labour MPs in response to concerns they have raised about the planned disability benefits cuts.…
Keep readingLabour’s Proposed Disability Benefit Cuts – Scale and Impact
Cut Size Numbers impacted Published info Green paper proposals At least £9 billion 350,000 to 400,000 additional households to be pushed into poverty. At least 150,000 carers to…
Keep readingLabour’s Proposed Disability Benefit Cuts – Scale and Impact
MPs are will be forced to vote on proposed disability benefit cuts based on incomplete and missing information. Other cuts, for example to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) could be pushed…
Keep readingDisability and Social Security Myth-Buster
Welfare spending is not out of control Tests for eligibility for disability benefits are not too easy This is not about fraud Disability benefits do not act as a disincentive…
Keep readingMissing Information and Unanswered Questions
Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) Northern Ireland stands with the wider DPAC movement in urgently opposing the UK Government’s proposed changes to disability benefits and employment support. These proposals, outlined…
Keep readingDisabled People Against Cuts NI – Key Concerns With Government’s Plans to Dramatically Cut Social Security for Deaf and Disabled People
Who we are We are Disabled People Against Cuts Northern Ireland and we are part of the DPAC coalition across the UK. Disabled People Against Cuts was set up to…
Keep readingDPAC Northern Ireland Protest Outside Eskrine House – 14 April 2025
On Monday 14th April 2025, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) Northern Ireland led a powerful protest outside Eskrine House in Belfast, voicing strong opposition to the Labour Government’s latest round…
Keep readingSupreme Court Ruling: A Step Backwards for Equality – DPAC Northern Ireland
At DPAC Northern Ireland, we are heartbroken and outraged by the recent Supreme Court ruling that attempts to define what a woman is through a narrow, outdated lens. This decision…
Keep readingJoin Disabled People Against Cuts Northern Ireland to Say NO to Westminster Labour Imposed Disability Benefit Cuts
1pm Monday 14 April 2025 Erskine House, 20 – 32 Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4GF While lavishing money on the military, the Labour government is rushing ahead with its attack…
Keep readingPRESS RELEASE: Protest Against Disability Benefit Cuts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Wednesday 26th March Disabled People Against Cuts, Deaf and Disabled benefit claimants from across the country will descend on London as part of National Action to demand “Welfare Not Warfare”…
Keep readingLabour Step Up Tory War on Disabled People! Please join in this important campaign.
Please join in this important campaign Labour Step Up Tory War on Disabled People! Calling all disabled people to us about the impact on you of the Labour Government’s attacks…
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