Pre-Budget Submission

Parkinson’s Ireland (PI) recently put together our pre-budget submission for 2025, calling on the government to address the increasing rate of Parkinson’s Disease (PD), by increasing the funding it provides to PI and by investing further in neurological care services within the HSE.

PI provides vital services within the community for people with PD and those affected by PD. These services such as providing access to PD nurse specialists, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy are crucial in preventing
hospitalisations and aiding in long-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay.

PD is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and the rate of PD is projected to double by 2040. Therefore, the need for further services will increase rapidly over the coming years. PI received less than 10% of its income from the state in 2023. PI generates the remaining 90% of its income from fundraising and voluntary
donations. This is not sustainable, as the number of people that are newly diagnosed with PD continues to increase.

Therefore, we are calling on the government to provide the following:

1. Provide increased state funding for Parkinson’s Ireland nurse specialists and other services, such as speech therapy
2. Provide equal access to Community Neurorehabilitation Team across the country
3. Increase the number of consultant neurologists in Ireland, starting with providing access to consultant neurologists in 5 regional hospitals

You can read and download our full pre-budget submission document here: