Safeguarding Ireland – Position Documents
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 Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2021
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 – 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
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)
Guidance for Ulster Bank Customers on moving / closing accounts (March 2022)
RED C – PUBLIC AWARENESS Research
Oct 2023: Planning Ahead
May 2023: Understanding of Assisted Decision-making
RED C 2017-2022:
Summary
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 & 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
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 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)