
Safeguarding Ireland – Position Documents
ROADMAP PRESENTATION on Adult Safeguarding in Ireland – Patricia Rickard-Clarke.
A socio-ecological approach to elder abuse and adult safeguarding – Professor Amanda Phelan
Safeguarding Ireland – Final Submission to UNCRPD Interim Draft Report on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – April 2021
Review of Mental Health Act – April 2021
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
Domestic Violence Act – March 2019
Amendments to Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act – January 2018
Public Consultation on Standards for Direct Provision – November 2018
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard Proposals – July 2018
Right to Liberty – March 2018
Safeguarding Ireland – PUBLIC AWARENESS Red C Research

Red C Research, Nov. 2021: Awareness and Understanding of Safeguarding

RED C Awareness Research 2017-2021: Summary

RED C Research, September 2021: Safeguarding and Disability.

Red C Research, May & March 2021: Coercive Control.

Red C Research, December 2020: Safeguarding Laws and a National Authority.

Red C Research, October 2020: Safeguarding During COVID-19.

Red C Research, June 2020: Healthcare Planning.

Red C Research, May & March 2021: Coercive Control.

Red C Research 2019: Witnessing of abuse and what would reduce aduse.

Red C Research 2018: Planning ahead to reduce risk of abuse.

Red C Research 2016: Baseline Research.
Safeguarding Ireland – Key Documents

Funding long term support and care for older people – A Safeguarding Perspective (2020)

Guidance on a Human Rights-based Approach in Health and Social Care Services (2019)

Independent Advocacy Scoping Document, Dr. Michael Browne (2018)

Review of current practice in the use of wardship for adults in Ireland (2017)

National Safeguarding Committee Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (2016)

Link to the Think Ahead website, an initiative of the Irish Hospice Foundation.

Advocacy Roundtable, Phelim Quinn presentation (2018)
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 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
Reference Documents
COVID-19 Reports
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)