StrategicPlan-24-26 FINAL - Flipbook - Page 4
I believe this strategic plan
provides the structure for the
organisation to develop so that
it can provide the best possible
service to all our members.
Seamus Reidy, Chairperson
Chairperson Introduction
Seamus Reidy
It is with great pleasure that the Board of
Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland
(DDAI) presents to you the Strategic
Plan for the years 2024– 2026. The first
year of the plan, 2024, will mark the
54th anniversary of Disabled Driver’s
Association of Ireland.
It is hard to imagine that the small group of
people who came together in 1970 could have
envisioned the organisation being as strong
and vibrant as it is today. This is due in no small
measure to the hard work and dedication of the
staff, volunteers and Board of the DDAI down
through the years, not forgetting the significant
contribution of the members themselves. So, I
would like to dedicate this strategic plan to the
founding members Martin Donoghue, Patrick
Grogan and Ann Moroney who came together to
strive to improve their lives and those of others.
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We have sought the views of members, their
families, staff and the members of the Board to
ensure that the plan accurately reflects a shared
vision for the DDAI’s future and our priorities up
to and including the year 2023. I wish to thank
everyone involved for their contributions to and
their patience with the process in the preparation
of this strategic plan.
People with disabilities in Ireland continue
to face problems of isolation, socially and
economically, just as they did over 50 years
ago when the organisation was founded. We
especially welcome the ratification of the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (UNCRPD) on 7th March 2018.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is an
international human rights treaty, which exists to
promote, protect and ensure the full and equal
enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms by all disabled persons.
I would also like to remind you of our mission
statement where, “The Disabled Drivers
Association of Ireland takes care to present
physical disability in the best possible light and
strives to show that most physical disabilities
can be overcome and individuals can go on to
achieve their full potential, with the benefit of
support and training”.
