Upcoming Webinars
You will find upcoming webinars and seminars here.
Your Child’s Rights: What Every Parent Needs to Know – May 20th
Solicitors Andrew Murnaghan and Patrick Kevans from KM Solicitors LLP will deliver practical legal guidance at this interactive webinar on Wednesday May 20th at 6pm.
The session will cover a wide range of key topics, including:
- The Assessment of Need process
- Delays by the HSE and available legal remedies
- When Assessment of Need reports are not in line with the law
- Making complaints to the Disability Complaints Office
- Expediting complaints through the HSE Complaints Office
- Complaint reports and court applications (no cost to the client)
- Understanding and reviewing Service Statements
- Accessing services to address a child’s needs and current gaps in statutory rights
- Complaints and requests relating to Service Statements
- School placements for children with special educational needs
- Domiciliary Care Allowance, including refusals and appeals
Andrew Murnaghan is a Partner at KM Solicitors LLP, specialising in a range of litigation and advisory areas including commercial disputes, defamation, contract law. He has particular expertise and interest in administrative law, with a strong focus on child, disability, and carers’ rights. Andrew began his legal career as a barrister in 2009, gaining extensive advocacy experience across both lower and superior courts. He transitioned to become a solicitor in 2018 and later co-founded KM Solicitors, bringing over 15 years of legal experience to his practice. He is also a member of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association.
Patrick Kevans is a Partner at KM Solicitors LLP, with extensive experience in personal insolvency and bankruptcy law, debt collection, planning law, and commercial disputes. He also has specialist expertise in administrative law, particularly in the areas of education and social welfare law. Patrick began his legal career as a barrister in 2009, focusing on commercial litigation, before qualifying as a solicitor in 2018. He holds a BA in Economics and a postgraduate qualification in Economic Science from University College Dublin, as well as a Barrister-at-Law degree from the Honorable Society of the King’s Inns. He is a member of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association.
This webinar will be on Zoom.
Please send in your questions in advance to GinaGrant@downsyndrome.ie
Understanding Loss Together: Grief and Down Syndrome with Dr Denis McGuire – May 21st
There will be a webinar on Thursday May 21st on Grief with Denis McGuire for people with Down syndrome.
This webinar will be at 6pm on Zoom.
You can read about the importance of grief for people with Down syndrome here.
Path 4: Higher Educations options for school leavers and adults with Down syndrome – May 25th
We will be joined by Gerard O’Carroll, Lecturer and Path 4 Coordinator at Munster Technological University for this webinar on Monday May 25th at 7pm.
Gerard O’Carroll will give an overview on the Path 4 programme, a higher education programme for adults with intellectual disabilities, offered in 11 universities nationwide.
We will be joined by an MTU student who will talk about their experience on the programme.
This webinar is suitable for students and adults with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities, families and teachers.
Please submit questions before Friday 22nd May at 5pm to sinead@downsyndrome.ie
There are no upcoming seminars currently. This is updated regularly.