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Policy Papers & Submissions

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. 

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Submissions

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Submission to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on the lived experience of people with a disability and their family carers (2020)

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2021 Pre-Budget Submission: Life After Lockdown (2020)

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Submission to the Department of Justice on the flexible working and EU Directive on Work Life Balance for Parents and Carers (2020)

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Submission to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on Benchmarking Social Welfare Rates (2019)

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2020 Pre-Budget Submission: A Decade Lost (2019)

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Submission to the CSO on Census 2021 (2019)

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Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Article 42 of the Irish Constitution (2019)

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Submission to the HSE in advance of the National Conference on the Assisted Decision-making (Capacity) Act 2015 held in UCC on November 29th 2019 ‘Relevant person - a recalibration for the centrality of rights or just more semantics? (2019)

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Submission to Indecon and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection on the Cost of Disability Study (2019)

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2019 Pre-Budget Submission: Carers in Crisis (2018)

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Submission to the HSE on National Guideline for the assessment, promotion and management of continence to adults (2018)

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Submission to the Department of Health on the Provision of Respite Services (2018)

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Submission to the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare - ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ (2018)

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Submission to the Department of Health on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (2018)

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Submission to the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care (2018)

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2018 Pre-Budget Submission: Share the Care (2017)

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Submission to the Department of Health on the Creation of a Statutory Home care Scheme (2017)

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Submission to the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment on Pay by Weight Bin Charges (2017)

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Submission to the Citizens Assembly on how we best respond to the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population (2017)

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Submission to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on proposed EU Directive on Work-Life Balance (2017)

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2017 Pre-Budget Submission: Achieving Fairness for Family Carers (2016)

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Submission to the Department of Education and Skills on the Statement of Strategy 2016 – 2018 (2016)

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Policy Papers

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Mind the Gap: Carers and the State Pension (2019)

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Proposal to Reform the Means Test for Carer’s Allowance (2019)

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Proposal to increase the hours a carer can work or study from 15 to 18.5 hours (2018)

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