Our policy work focuses on highlighting and informing the major issues and challenges of dying, death and bereavement, as well as providing evidence-based solutions.
To be effective in this work, we engage in a range of activities by contributing to policy formulation, responding to public consultations and making submissions to Government departments, Oireachtas committees and other key stakeholders.
Through these public consultations and submissions, we seek to inform and influence positive change in relation to a variety of policy issues related to dying, death and bereavement.
We submit evidence and information to government consultations, produce policy papers and guidance on key issues relevant to palliative, end-of-life and bereavement care.
Listed below are some of our recent policy submissions and responses to public consultations.
- Department of Health Consultation on Suicide Reduction Policy – April 2025
- Commission on Care for Older People – October 2024
- Public Consultation on the Reform of the Coroner Service – January 2024
- Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Process of the Civil Registration (Electronic registration of births, marriages and deaths) Bill – June 2023
- Draft Patient Voice Partner Policy – February 2023
- Development of Department of Social Protection Strategy 2023 – 2025 – February 2023
- Draft Regulations for Providers of Home Support Services – July 2022
- Model of Dementia Palliative Care – May 2022
- Public Consultation Adult Palliative Care Policy Update – Oct 2021
- Feedback on Draft Model of Care for Dementia – Sept 2021
- Dying with Dignity Bill Submission – Jan 2021
- For further information, reports and statements on IHF’s work on the issue of Assisted Dying, see our Planning for End of Life page
If you would like more information about any of these policy submissions, please contact Avril Easton, Advocacy Manager at Irish Hospice Foundation, by emailing [email protected].
