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Family Carers Ireland regularly contributes to calls for submissions by Government departments and State bodies in relation to a variety of issues of importance to family carers. We also prepare briefing and position papers to explain and summarise national policy, schemes and legislation.
The National Carers’ Strategy was published in July 2012. Its 42 actions represented a commitment by government to support family carers, with the vision that they would be ‘Recognised, Supported and Empowered’, both in their caring role and in their participation in wider society. It sets out the strategic direction for future policies, services and supports provided by government departments and agencies for carers. The strategy contained a roadmap for implementation of its objectives, outlining recommended actions, timelines for achievement of objectives and the departments with responsibility for each action.
The Department of Health produced an annual progress report, collating reported progress on each of the strategy’s 42 actions from the responsible departments. Family Carers Ireland coordinated a National Carers’ Strategy Monitoring Group with family carers and representatives from Care Alliance Ireland, which, beginning in 2014, evaluated each of these annual progress reports, producing a Family Carers’ Scorecard in response. (The first scorecard was not published; the second accordingly responded to the first two progress reports.)
The Family Carers’ Scorecards can be accessed below.
