National Safeguarding Ireland

Intent: Provide information about items that could be addressed to safeguard adults at risk of harm and abuse

Methods: Meeting

Intent: Share information and provide clarity on the areas where the need for guidance on data sharing is most acute.

Methods: Meeting

Intent: Letters requesting a meeting relating to the role of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to adult safeguarding and the administration of public funds and the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission in relation to adult safeguarding, and financial abuse of adults at risk as described in its report on A Regulatory Framework for Adult Safeguarding (April 2024).

Methods: Letter

Intent: That an Interdepartmental /Inter Agency Group would be established to progress the recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission and identifying actions that could be taken now by various government departments in respect of adult safeguarding are progressed.

Methods: Meeting, Letter

Intent: Request to the Minister for Health to publish the Regulations provided for under Section 84(12) of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

Methods: Letter

Intent: Promotion and pursuit of the introduction and enactment ofAdult Safeguarding Legislation, in line with 'Objective 1' and the related actions contained within Safeguarding Ireland's current strategic plan, and in particular the following action 'Consistently engage with GovernmentMinisters, members of both Houses of theOireachtas, senior civil servants and politicaladvisers to inform and influence them on theissues related to adult safeguarding and theneed for legislation'.

Methods: Meeting, Email

Intent: 'Promotion and pursuit of the introduction and enactment ofAdult Safeguarding Legislation', in line with 'Objective 1' of Safeguarding Ireland's Strategic Plan and in particular the following action 'Consistently engage with GovernmentMinisters, members of both Houses of theOireachtas, senior civil servants and politicaladvisers to inform and influence them on theissues related to adult safeguarding and theneed for legislation'.'

Methods: Email, Meeting

Intent: To highlight urgency of need for comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation, enquire about timeline for work ongoing within the Department and to request that the following items are prioritised and progressed. 1. To extend coercive control legislation to include non-intimate relationships.2. To address a lack of data sharing between agencies.3. A coordinated over-arching 24/7 system for reporting and recording safeguardingconcerns.Safeguarding Ireland

Methods: Letter

Intent: Meeting was convened at Minister Rabbitte's request. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss Safeguarding Ireland’s history, and provide the rationale for its objectives in respect of the need for adult safeguarding legislation and the establishment of a new independent Authority for Adult Safeguarding and the connection between adult safeguarding and the promotion and protection of human rights and the prevention of abuses which are often criminal in nature.

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Intent: To enable arrangements/regulations to be put in place so that persons who wish to tender their Public Services Card to regulated financial services providers for identification purposes are facilitated to do so.

Methods: Letter