On 20 August, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (The ASI) made a Pre-Budget Submission (PBS) ‘Equal Dementia Supports – Building on Momentum in 2025’ to the Irish Government for funding for the year ahead. With a strong PBS grounded in the lived experience of dementia, the event saw incredible cross-party support, with 55 elected representatives in attendance and a visit from the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler. The event garnered national media coverage. The ASI is calling on the Government to improve equity of access to dementia supports and services across Ireland. Increased investment is needed in community services, acute services, mental health supports, social protection, dementia research and the dementia workforce.
The PBS took place following months of robust consultation with stakeholders, including people with dementia and those who support them, The ASI team including operations, dementia advisers, the Senior Management Team, the Irish Dementia Working Group and the Dementia Carers Campaign Network. Find out more about The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Pre-Budget Submission, here.
Pictured: Mary McIntyre, Irish Dementia Working Group member, and her husband Tony, Dementia Carers Campaign Network member, attend the launch of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland Pre-Budget Submission 2025
