Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Universal Design In Building: Discussion
Ms Celine Clarke:
I might add to Deputy Gould's point that safeguarding legislation, and amendments to the coercive control Act, have to be introduced to protect older people from potential elder abuse, which happens and is well documented and researched, albeit under-reported. It is important those safeguarding measures be in place before anything comes on stream in the form of amendments to the fair deal scheme.