CHRONOLOGICAL TIME SCALE OF EVENTS LEADING TO REALISATION OF L.A.P.W.D.

6. ESTABLISHMENT of C.I.L. STRUCTURES ALL of September 1996

FAS very promptly responded to a request from the Centre for Independent Living in Dublin for a Community Development Scheme to provide Personal Assistants for people with significant physical disabilities in Leitrim.

The responsibility was on the newly formed committee for putting the necessary structures in place. This involved:

> Sourcing office space, furnishing same, negotiating deals, etc.
> establishing general administrative and financial administrative systems for the programme
> facilitating people with disabilities in sourcing Personal Assistants
> ensuring a good working relationship was maintained between all the actors involved.