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Data Protection Commissioner
Canal House, Station Road, Portarlington, Co. Laois
Tel: (057) 868 4800 or Lo-call: 1890 252 231, 9.15am – 5.30pm
Mon to Thurs and 9.15am – 5.15pm Fri Fax: (057) 868 4757
Email: info@dataprotection.ie Web: www.dataprotection.ie
Established to implement the terms of Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003.
The office aims to empower individuals to control the use of data relating to
them.

DeafHear.ie
35 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 817 5700, 9.00am – 5.00pm Minicom: (01) 817 5777
Text: (01) 878 3816 Fax: (01) 878 3629
Email: info@deafhear.ie Web: www.deafhear.ie
Not-for-profit voluntary organisation providing services to people who
are deaf or hard of hearing. It has a national network of resource centres
providing a range of core services including family support, information and
advocacy, community support, and deaf and hearing awareness training.

DEBRA Ireland
La Touche House, 1 Grove Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6
Tel: (01) 412 6924, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 633 5104
Email: info@debraireland.org Web: www.debraireland.org
National charity set up to raise awareness of the rare genetic skin condition,
epidermolysis bullosa (EB), and offer support to patients and families.

Debt and Development Coalition Ireland
All Hallows, Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Tel: (01) 857 1828, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 857 3140
Email: campaign@debtireland.org Web: www.debtireland.org
The Coalition is made up of organisations and individuals who share a deep
concern about the injustice of the debt crisis in developing countries and a
commitment to work together for an effective, fair and speedy solution.
Publications: Newsletter.

Dental Health Foundation
26 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 478 0466, 9.00am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 5.00pm Mon to Fri
Fax: (01) 478 0475
Email: info@dentalhealth.ie Web: www.dentalhealth.ie
Established in 1997 as a charitable trust dedicated to raising the profile of
oral health in Ireland. It aims to promote oral health in Ireland by providing
effective resources or interventions and by influencing policy through a
multi-sectoral, partnership approach.

Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Dϊn Aimhirgin, 43–49 Mespil Road, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 647 3000 Lo-call: 1890 474 847, 8.00am – 6.30pm Mon to Fri
Fax: (01) 647 3051
Email: eolas@pobail.ie Web: www.pobail.ie
Responsible for promoting and supporting the sustainable and inclusive
development of communities, both urban and rural, thereby fostering better
regional balance and alleviating disadvantage, and for advancing the use
of the Irish language.

DESSA – Disability Equality Support Agency
Fumbally Court, Fumbally Lane, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 416 3548, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 453 6861
Email: info@dessa.ie Web: www.dessa.ie
DESSA is the national organisation that develops and delivers social
inclusion initiatives to people with disabilities and their families. It operates
within the Community Development Programme and the Community
and Family Services Resource Centre Programme..

Development Co-operation Ireland
See Irish Aid
Diabetes Federation of Ireland
76 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 836 3022, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 836 5182
Helpline Lo-call: 1850 909 909
Email: info@diabetes.ie Web: www.diabetes.ie
Aims: provide support, education and motivation to all people affected by
diabetes; raise public awareness; fund research and development into diabetes.

Disability Equality Support Agency
See DESSA – Disability Equality Support Agency

Disability Federation of Ireland
Fumbally Court, Fumbally Lane, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 454 7978, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 454 7981
Email: info@disability-federation.ie Web: www.disability-federation.ie
Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) is the national support organisation
and advocate for voluntary organisations and/or non-statutory agencies
in Ireland which provide services to people with disabilities and disabling
conditions. DFI has ongoing involvement with over 296 voluntary
disability-related organisations throughout Ireland, 70 of which are from its
National Council and 41 of which are associate members.

Disabled Drivers Association of Ireland
Ballindine, Claremorris, Co. Mayo
Tel: (094) 936 4054, 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Thurs and
9.00am – 4.00pm Fri Fax: (094) 936 4336
Email: info@ddai.ie Web: www.ddai.ie
Aims to help people with physical disability achieve independence through
mobility and education. Operates a driving assessment centre and driving
school.

Dσchas – The Irish Association of Non-Governmental
Development Organisations
12 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 405 3801 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 405 3802
Email: anna@dochas.ie Web: www.dochas.ie
Brings together 37 Irish voluntary agencies involved in development co-operation
with the third world. Provides a forum for those agencies to meet and develop
common understanding and action on important justice and development issues.

Dormant Accounts Board
PO Box 10457, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 647 3133, 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Wed, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Thurs to Fri Lo-call: 1890 457 058
Email: info@dormantaccounts.ie Web: www.dormantaccounts.ie
The role of the Board is to review and assess the effectiveness and impact of
the disbursement of monies from the Dormant Accounts Fund. The Dormant
Accounts Fund is administered by the Department of Community, Rural and
Gaeltacht Affairs.

Drug Treatment Centre Board
Trinity Court, 30–31 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 648 8600 Fax: (01) 648 8700 Hours of opening: 9.00am – 12.30pm
and 2.30pm – 4.30pm Mon to Fri, 9.30am – 12.30pm Sat and Sun
Email: info@dtcb.ie Web: www.addictionireland.ie
Set up by Statutory Instrument in 1988 as the National Drug Advisory
and Treatment Service, the Drug Treatment Centre Board (DTCB) provides
services for drug misusers. The DTCB, in partnership with other statutory
and voluntary agencies, provides prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and
aftercare programmes for out-patients and in-patients in order to minimise
the harmful effects of drug addiction and prevent the spread of HIV and
other infectious diseases.

Drugs/HIV Helpline
Freephone 1800 459 459
Offers support, information, guidance and referral to anyone with a question
or concern related to drug and alcohol use and/or HIV and sexual health.

Dublin Aids Alliance
The Eriu Centre, 53 Parnell Square West, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 873 3799 Fax: (01) 873 3174
Email: aids_alliance_dublin@hotmail.com
Provides support, advocacy and mediation services for people affected by
HIV/AIDS. Prevention, education and training programme provides targeted
HIV/STI training initiatives and issue-based training which aims to facilitate
public awareness of social exclusion and marginalisation

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
70 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 661 4911, 8.00am – 7.00pm Mon to Fri and 9.00am – 4.00pm Sat
Helpline Freephone: 1800 778 888, 24 hours Fax: (01) 661 0873
Email: rcc@indigo.ie Web: www.drcc.ie
Provides a 24-hour national telephone helpline service for victims of rape and
sexual abuse.

Dyslexia Association
Suffolk Chambers, 1 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 679 0276, 9.30am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 679 0276
Email: info@dyslexia.ie Web: www.dyslexia.ie
Aims to promote the understanding, treatment and prevention of the
problems associated with dyslexia, a specific learning disability.

Dyspraxia Association
69 Cookstown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Tel: (01) 295 7125, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Email: dyspraxiaireland@eircom.net Web: www.dyspraxiaireland.com
Provides information and support relating to dyspraxia, which is a difficulty
with thinking out, planning and carrying out sensory or motor tasks.

Ιan
Carmichael House, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
Tel: (01) 877 9011
Email: info@ean.ie Web: www.ean.ie
Provides support for emigration and return-migration information providers in
Ireland and abroad as well as individuals and academics interested in the topic.

Economic and Social Research Institute – ESRI
Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 863 2000, 9.00am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 863 2100
Email: admin@esri.ie Web: www.esri.ie
Carries out economic and social research with particular reference to
Ireland and its problems. The ESRI produces this research with the aim
of informing policy formation and societal understanding, especially in
Ireland. Publication topics include education, health, regional studies, social
disadvantage and tax and welfare. The ESRI library is open to the public Mon
to Fri 10.00am – 1.00pm and 2.00pm – 5.00pm.

ECO-UNESCO
26 Clare Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 662 5491, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 662 5493
Email: info@ecounesco.ie Web: www.ecounesco.ie
Promotes the personal development of young people through activities
involving practical environmental conservation, education and training.

Educate Together
H8a Centrepoint Business Park, Oak Drive, Dublin 12
Tel: (01) 429 2500, 9.00am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 429 2502
Email: info@educatetogether.ie Web: www.educatetogether.ie
Representative body for multi-denominational national schools that are
co-educational, child-centred, democratically run, with children of all
backgrounds equally respected, and open to all.

Educational Trust
c/o PACE, 7 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
Tel: (01) 667 8464 Fax: (01) 660 2864
Email: edtrust@eircom.net
Provides support in education and training to ex-offenders and ex-prisoners.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Group
24 Wendell Avenue, Portmarnock, Co. Dublin
Tel: (01) 846 0570
Aims to help and encourage sufferers and their family members. Links
members with each other for mutual support and exchange of ideas.
Maintains a list of medical specialists. Endeavours to heighten awareness
among the medical community and public.

EIL Intercultural Learning
1 Empress Place, Summerhill North, Cork
Tel: (021) 455 1535, 9.00am – 5.30pm Fax: (021) 455 1587
Email: info@eilireland.org Web: www.eilireland.org
A non-profit intercultural learning organisation which combines the natural
attraction of travel with opportunities to get to know other cultures or
to participate in educational and community service programmes in
40 different countries around the world.

Employment Appeals Tribunal
Davitt House, 65a Adelaide Road, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 631 2121 or (01) 631 3006 or Lo-call 1890 220 222,
9.15am – 5.30pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 631 3266
Email: eat@entemp.ie Web: www.eatribunal.ie
A statutory body established to deal with and adjudicate on employment
disputes.

Enable Ireland
Enable Ireland National Services, 32F Rosemount Park Drive, Rosemount
Business Park, Ballycoolin Road, Dublin 11
Tel: (01) 872 7155 Fax: (01) 866 5222
Email: info@enableireland.ie Web: www.enableireland.ie
Provides services and advocacy for children and adults with a primary
physical disability including, but not limited to, cerebral palsy, spina bifida,
muscular dystrophy, and developmental delay. There are 14 regional
locations, 18 branches, and 17 shops throughout Ireland

Energy Action Limited
IDA, Unit 14, Newmarket, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 454 5464, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 454 9797
Email: info@energyaction.ie Web: www.energyaction.ie
Aims: to combat cold in the homes of older people and those in need; to
provide work opportunities for people who are unemployed; to increase
the energy efficiency of the dwellings of older people; to heighten public
awareness of the need for energy conservation.
Publications: Energy Saving Tips; Energy Saving Tips for Senior Citizens; Energy
Conservation and Job Creation in the Domestic Sector; Homes for the 21st
Century: The Ballyfermot residential energy and poverty dwelling report.

Environmental Information Service – ENFO
17 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 888 2001 and Lo-call: 1890 200 191, 10.00am – 5.00pm
Mon to Sat Fax: (01) 888 3946
Email: info@enfo.ie Web: www.enfo.ie
ENFO is the one-stop shop environmental information service of the
Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Its
primary function is to provide easy public access to wide-ranging and
authoritative information on all aspects of the environment.

Environmental Protection Agency – EPA
PO Box 3000, Johnstown Castle Estate, Co. Wexford
Tel: (053) 916 0600, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Lo-call: 1890 335 599
After-hours emergency service available on (053) 916 0600
Fax: (053) 916 0699
Email: info@epa.ie Web: www.epa.ie
Statutory body with responsibility for a wide range of functions including
the regulation of large or complex activities that have significant polluting
potential, monitoring and reporting on environmental quality, and enforcing
compliance with environmental protection legislation in Ireland.

Equality Authority, The
2 Clonmel Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 417 3333, 9.15am – 5.30pm
Lo-call: 1890 245 545 Fax: (01) 417 3366
Email: info@equality.ie Web: www.equality.ie
State body set up to work towards the elimination of discrimination on the
grounds of gender, marital status, family status, age, disability, race, sexual
orientation, religion and membership of the Traveller community in regard
to employment, vocational training, advertising, collective agreements,
the provision of goods, services, accommodation facilities, education and
other opportunities to which the public generally have access. The Authority
deals with specific complaints of discrimination and also provides a free
and confidential information service on the Employment Equality Acts and
the Equal Status Acts. Legal assistance can also be provided in strategically
important cases that fulfil certain criteria. A reference library and speakers
are available by request.

Equality Tribunal, The
3 Clonmel Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 477 4100 Lo-call: 1890 344 424 Fax: (01) 477 4141
Email: info@equalitytribunal.ie Web: www.equalitytribunal.ie
Established as an independent statutory office to offer an accessible
and impartial forum to remedy unlawful discrimination. Investigates or
mediates on complaints arising under employment equality and equal status
legislation.


Europa Donna Ireland, The Breast Cancer Campaign
PO Box 6602, Dublin 8
Tel: (01) 496 0198 Fax: (01) 496 0198
Email: edi@iol.ie Web: www.europadonnaireland.ie
Aims that women of all ages in Ireland will know what they can and should
expect in terms of risk, diagnosis, treatment, recovery and support in order
to improve early detection rates and survival rates.

European Anti-Poverty Network
5 Gardiner Row, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 874 5737 Fax: (01) 878 1289
Email: info@eapn.ie Web: www.eapn.ie
Objectives: to put the fight against poverty and social exclusion on the
political agenda within the European Union.

European Commission Representation in Ireland
18 Dawson Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 634 1111, 9.00am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri
Web: www.euireland.ie
Informs the Irish public of developments at European Union (EU) level. The
Representation hosts a Public Information Centre and exhibition area that
is open to all. Facilities are available free of charge to groups who wish to
debate or display matters of European interest. It also provides a wide range
of information material.

European Consumer Centre Dublin
European Consumer Centre Dublin, 13a Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
Tel: (01) 809 0600, 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri and
9.30am – 1.00pm Wed Fax: (01) 809 0601
Email: info@eccdublin.ie Web: www.eccdublin.ie
Provides free and confidential advice to consumers on their rights and
entitlements in the EU. It offers free assistance to consumers with crossborder
disputes, liaising with its network of partner centres throughout the
27 member states.

European Cultural Foundation (Irish Committee)
10 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 662 5815, 9.30am – 5.00pm Mon to Fri Fax: (01) 662 5817
The Irish Committee was established in 1984 to ensure Irish participation in
the work of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and represent the ECF
in Ireland. It aims to promote the following: cultural, social, scientific and
educational activities of a multicultural nature and a European character;
research into such activities; direct contact between Ireland and other
members of the ECF; mutual understanding between Ireland and other

European Movement Ireland
10 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 671 4300 Fax: (01) 679 8203
Email: info@europeanmovement.ie Web: www.europeanmovement.ie
Promotes the economic, political and social development of Europe and
Ireland’s place in Europe.

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