NCSE Council

Dharragh Hunt

Dharragh is a Policy and Public Affairs Advisor at the National Disability Authority (NDA). Dharragh’s work in the NDA relates to health and social care, education and children with disabilities. Dharragh has worked on a number of NDA reviews, including reviews of the Assessment of Need under the Disability Act, 2005 and Overage Exemptions for the Early Childhood Care and Education scheme.

Dharragh was on the Inter-Departmental Group on Supporting Access to the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme for Children with a Disability which developed the model which has become known as AIM and is a member of the AIM Project Implementation Group.

Prior to working for the NDA, Dharragh worked in policy roles in the Houses of the Oireachtas and in the community sector. Dharragh has a BA from Trinity, an MA from UCD, a post-grad diploma in social research methods from the University of Ulster and is currently completing a Doctorate in Social Science in UCC.