Lucan Disability Action Group was established in October 2000, to address the needs of people with a disability in the Lucan area, by eight members of the local community.
They felt there was a need to have an organisation in place that would focus on the issues and needs of people with disabilities in the greater Lucan and Dublin area.
Joe T. Mooney spearheaded this group and continued to lead it with enthusiasm and great vision until his untimely death in 2015.
Through the knowledge and personal experience of its members, Lucan Disability Action Group, is acutely aware of the difficulties faced by people with a disability in counteracting the marginalization, exclusion and disempowerment, which many people with a disability have experienced. LDAG members are also aware of the issues in relation to unemployment and marginalisation in general, as 70% of Irish people with a disability are unemployed.
Charitable Purpose
The main object for which the organisation is established is the empowerment of persons with physical and sensory disabilities through promoting the development of an appropriate range of personal assistance services aimed at removing attitudinal and material restrictions that unnecessarily limit the lives of such persons. For the particular development of the main object, the company has the following objects:
- To promote and develop the concept of independent living for persons with physical and sensory disabilities and in particular to engage in action research programmes aimed at developing services that achieve inclusion in society
- Educate and train both personal assistants and people with disabilities in the acquisition of positive attitudes and skills pertinent to the realisation of efficient services
- Educate and train both personal assistants and people with disabilities in the acquisition of positive attitudes and skills pertinent to the realisation of efficient services
- Provide a flexible, customer focused, accessible transport service for people with disabilities, whether sensory or physical and older people with mobility difficulties.
