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dc.contributor.authorNational Rehabilitation Board (NRB)
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-23T12:55:33Z
dc.date.available2014-12-23T12:55:33Z
dc.date.issued1986
dc.identifier.citationNational Rehabilitation Board, 1986. NRB annual report, 1985. Dublin: National Rehabilitation Board.en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/337591
dc.descriptionThe National Rehabilitation Board was established by the Minister for Health in December 1967, under the Health Corporate Bodies Act, 1961. It superseded the National Organisation for Rehabilitation which had been set up some ten years earlier. Board members are appointed by the Minister for Health and give their services on a voluntary basis. Three members of the Board are drawn from the staff on the nomination of their colleagues for appointment by the Minister. The principal functions and services of the National Rehabilitation Board are as follows: • Advising the Minister for Health on all aspects of the rehabilitation of disabled persons. • Formulating applications to the Commission of the European Community for assistance from the European Social Fund toward schemes of vocational training of disabled persons and allocating and administering all funds received. • Co·ordinating the work of the statutory and non· statulory agencies engaged in rehabilitation. • Providing a range of specialised services on behalf of the Minister for Health, for the assessment, counselling, vocational guidance, training and placement of disabled persons. • Providing a National Hearing Aid Service. • Improving Public awareness of the special needs of disabled persons and the problems faced by them. • Promoting ease of access for disabled persons, particularly persons with limited mobility, 10 all public premises and facilities.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherNational Rehabilitation Board (NRB)en_GB
dc.subjectDISABILITYen_GB
dc.subjectREHABILITATIONen_GB
dc.titleNational Rehabilitation Board annual report 1985.en_GB
dc.typeReporten
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