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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
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Identifying Risk – Sharing Responsibilities (2022)
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Safeguarding Ireland Strategic Plan (2022)
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Funding long term support and care for older people – (2020)
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Guidance on Human Rights-based Approach (2019)
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Independent Advocacy Scoping Document (2018)
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Review of use of Wardship in Ireland (2017)
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NSC Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (2016)
Reference Documents
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Joint Comm. on Disability Matters – Ensuring Rights Based Safeguarding (2024)
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HSE – National Consent Policy, updated for Assisted Decision-making laws (2024)
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HIQA – The Fundamentals of Advocacy in Health and Social Care (April 2023)
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Irish Hospice Foundation, Think Ahead Planning Pack (2022)
RED C – PUBLIC AWARENESS Research
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May 2024: Advance Healthcare Directives
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Oct 2023: Planning Ahead
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May 2023: Understanding of Assisted Decision-making
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RED C 2017-2022:
Summary
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Nov 2022: Understanding of Reporting Abuse and Decision-making
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Nov 2021: Awareness and Understanding of Safeguarding
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Aug 2021: Safeguarding and Disability.
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Feb 2021: Coercive Control.
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Oct 2020: Safeguarding Laws and a National Authority.
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May 2020: Healthcare Planning.
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April 2019: Witnessing of abuse and what would reduce aduse
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Oct 2018: Planning ahead to reduce risk of abuse.
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RED C 2016: Baseline Research.
Financial Safeguarding
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Banking & Payments Federation Ireland – Guide to Opening Bank Accounts (2021).
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Banking & Payments Federation Ireland & Safeguarding Ireland – research (2019)
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Banking & Payments Federation Ireland – Guide to safeguarding your money (2018)
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Keep Control: Safeguarding you Finances in Later Life (2014)
National Centre for the Protection of Older People (NCPOP) Reports
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Financial Abuse of Older People: A Review (2012)
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Abuse and Neglect of Older People in Ireland (2010)
National Safeguarding Office – Annual Reports
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HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2018
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HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2017
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HSE National Safeguarding Office – Data Report 2016
Sector Reports
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Falling Through the Cracks – commissioned by Senator Colette Kelleher (2019)
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National Standards for Adult Safeguarding – HIQA and MHC (2019)
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Department of Social Protection – Information on Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (2018)
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Irish Council of Civil Liberties – Know Your Rights: A Guide for Older People (2016)
COVID-19 Reports
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Exploring older people’s experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)
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WHO Report – Managing COVID-19 across long-term care services (2020)
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Policing Performance with regard to COVID-19 – Policing Authority (2020)