Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Pádraig RicePádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)

That is an important point.

In its opening statement, the Irish Association of Social Workers drew attention to the need for a social care Act to enshrine the rights of people who need care and support. It states such an Act exists in the UK and Ireland needs similar legislation. Will it provide more detail on what it would like to see in such legislation?

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