The report entitled Eyes on the Future: A study into the prevalence of blindness and vision impairment in Ireland, 2008 was comissioned by VISPA (Vision Impaired Services Providers Alliance) and launched at its inaugural conference on 9th October 2008 to celebrate World Sight Day.

The study was commissioned to attain a more accurate picture of the potential prevalence of sight loss in Ireland. To do this, VISPA enlisted Professor Jonathan Jackson, Royal Victoria Hospital and Queen’s University Belfast, and Professor Colm O’Brien, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, to lead the first stages of a study into this subject. The results of the study are detailed in this report.