Safeguarding Ireland – Position Documents
SUBMISSION – to Public Consultation on Adult Safeguarding in the Health and Social Care Sector – April 2024
SUBMISSION – to Department of Finance Consultation on the National Payments Strategy (NPS) – February 2024
PRESENTATION – to Oireachtas Disability Matters Committee – February 2024
SUBMISSION – re Central Bank approach to innovation engagement in financial services – February 2024
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (as revised April 2023)
SUBMISSION – on the Central Bank review of the Consumer Protection Code – March 2022
SUBMISSION – on Legal Aid – Feb 2023
SUBMISSION – on Retail Banking Review – August 2022
LETTER – to Minister for Justice re Coercive Control – Oct 2022
LETTER – to Minister for Finance re Banking ID – Oct 2022
SUBMISSION – on Draft General Scheme and Heads of Bill for the ADM (Capacity) Bill – January 2022
PRESENTATION – on Adult Safeguarding in Ireland – Patricia Rickard-Clarke – June 2021
PRESENTATION – A socio-ecological approach to elder abuse and adult safeguarding – Prof. Amanda Phelan – June 2021
SUBMISSION – to UNCRPD Interim Draft Report on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – April 2021
REVIEW – Mental Health Act – April 2021
BRIEFING NOTE – Equity Release Schemes – March 2021
SUBMISSION – to Expert Panel on Nursing Homes – June 2020
SUBMISSION – to Oireachtas special Committee on COVID-19 Response – June 2020
SUBMISSION – to Data Protection Commission on Regulatory Strategy 2020-2025 – January 2020
SUBMISSION – Domestic Violence Act – March 2019
BRIEFING NOTE – Amendments to Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act – January 2018
CONSULTATION – on Standards for Direct Provision – November 2018
LETTER – Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard Proposals – July 2018
COMMENT – Right to Liberty – March 2018
Safeguarding Ireland – Key Documents
Identifying Risk – Sharing Responsibilities (2022)
Safeguarding Ireland Strategic Plan (2022)
Funding long term support and care for older people – (2020)
Guidance on Human Rights-based Approach (2019)
Independent Advocacy Scoping Document (2018)
Review of use of Wardship in Ireland (2017)
NSC Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (2016)
Reference Documents
Joint Comm. on Disability Matters – Ensuring Rights Based Safeguarding (2024)
HSE – National Consent Policy, updated for Assisted Decision-making laws (2024)
HIQA – The Fundamentals of Advocacy in Health and Social Care (April 2023)
Irish Hospice Foundation, Think Ahead Planning Pack (2022)
RED C – PUBLIC AWARENESS Research
November 2024: Financial Abuse
May 2024: Advance Healthcare Directives
Oct 2023: Planning Ahead
May 2023: Understanding of Assisted Decision-making
Nov 2022: Understanding of Reporting Abuse and Decision-making
Nov 2021: Awareness and Understanding of Safeguarding
Aug 2021: Safeguarding and Disability.
Feb 2021: Coercive Control.
Oct 2020: Safeguarding Laws and a National Authority.
May 2020: Healthcare Planning.
April 2019: Witnessing of abuse and what would reduce aduse
Oct 2018: Planning ahead to reduce risk of abuse.
RED C 2016: Baseline Research.
Financial Safeguarding
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland – Guide to Opening Bank Accounts (2021).
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland – Cocooning during Covid-19 (2020)
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland & Safeguarding Ireland – research (2019)
Banking & Payments Federation Ireland – Guide to safeguarding your money (2018)
Keep Control: Safeguarding you Finances in Later Life (2014)
National Centre for the Protection of Older People (NCPOP) Reports
The Older Adult Financial Exploitation Measure (2014)
Abuse of Older People with Dementia (2013)
Older People’s Experience of Mistreatment & Abuse (2012)
Older People in Residential Care Settings (2012)
Financial Abuse of Older People: A Review (2012)
Abuse and Neglect of Older People in Ireland (2010)
National Safeguarding Office – Annual Reports
HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2022
HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2021
HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2020
HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2019
HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2018
HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2017
HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2016
Sector Reports
Falling Through the Cracks – commissioned by Senator Colette Kelleher (2019)
National Standards for Adult Safeguarding – HIQA and MHC (2019)
Department of Social Protection – Information on Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (2018)
Irish Council of Civil Liberties – Know Your Rights: A Guide for Older People (2016)
COVID-19 Reports
Exploring older people’s experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)
WHO Report – Managing COVID-19 across long-term care services (2020)
Policing Performance with regard to COVID-19 – Policing Authority (2020)
