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Submissions

Family Carers Ireland regularly contributes to policy formulation by responding to public consultations and making submissions to Government departments, Oireachtas committees and other key stakeholders.

Through these public consultations, we seek to inform and influence positive change in relation to a variety of policy issues of importance to family carers.

Listed below are some of our recent submissions.

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Special Education Survey: Submission to the Minister for Special Education (2024)

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Submission to the Department of Social Protection on the Green Paper on Disability Reform (2024)

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Submission to the Department of Social Protection on the Carer's Allowance Means Test (2024)

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2024 Pre-Budget Submission to Department of Health; Department of Education & Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Across the Life Course (2023)

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2024 Pre-Budget Submission to the Department of Social Protection: A Roadmap for the Reform of Carer’s Allowance (2023)

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Differential Rent Scheme and Caring Households: Submission to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the Review of the Differential Rent Scheme (2023)

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Opening Statement to the Joint Committee on Autism (2023)

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Submission to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 Review (2023)

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Making Carers Count: Submission to the Central Statistics Office on the Content of Census 2027 (2022)

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2023 Pre-Budget Submission: It's Time for Change (2022)

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Submission to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the Review of the Housing Adaptation Grants Scheme (2022)

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Balancing the Care Gap: Submission to the Joint Committee on Gender Equality (2022)

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Submission to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on the next Government Policy Framework for Children and Young People in Ireland (2022)

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Submission on Occupations Lists for Employment Permits (2021)

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2022 Pre-Budget Submission: The Forgotten Frontline (2021)

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Submission to the Department of Justice on the Regularisation of Undocumented Migrants in Ireland (2021)

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Submission to the Pensions Commission - Ending the Pensions Penalty for Caring (2021)

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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 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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