SUMMARY OF DOCUMENTATION REFERRED TO IN DISABILITY SCHEDULES NAME

Name of Document

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Documentation referred to under the Generic heading are available on a separate document list

Child Care Acts 1991 - 2011

Child Care Act, 1991 - http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1991/en/act/pub/0017/index.html

Child Care (Amendment) Act, 2007 - http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2007/en.act.2007.0026.pdf

Child Care (Amendment) Act, 2011 - http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2011/en.act.2011.0019.PDF

Children’s Act 2001

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0024/index.html

Children First in Disability Services: A Guide to Policy Formation & Implementation

Contact the National Business Support Unit at [email protected]

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/act/pub/0017/index.html

Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/act/pub/0030/index.html

Guidelines on Person Centred Planning in the Provision of Services for People with Disabilities in Ireland (NDA)

http://www.nda.ie/website/nda/cntmgmtnew.nsf/0/12AF395217EE3AC7802570C800430BB1/$File/main.pdf

HSE Elder Abuse Policy 2007 – Responding to Allegations of Abuse

http://www.lenus.ie/hse/bitstream/10147/73915/1/HSE_Elder_Abuse_Policy.pdf

Irish Sports Council – Code of Ethics and Good Practice for Children’s Sport 2006

http://www.irishsportscouncil.ie/Participation/Code_of_Ethics/Code_of_Ethics_Manual/ or Contact the National Business Support Unit at [email protected]

Mental Health Acts 2001 - 2008

Mental Health Act, 2001 - http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2001/en.act.2001.0025.pdf

Mental Health Act, 2008 - http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2008/en.act.2008.0019.pdf

National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 – 2016

http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/Housing/PublicationsDocuments/FileDownLoad,28016,en.pdf

National Policy & Strategy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland 2011 – 2015

http://www.dohc.ie/publications/pdf/NeuroRehab_Services1.pdf?direct=1

National Quality Standards: Residential Services for People with Disabilities 2009 (HIQA)

http://www.hiqa.ie/standards/social/people-with-disabilities

National Review of Autism Services, Past, Present and the Way Forward 2011

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Disability/autismservices.html

National Standards for Children’s Residential Centres 2001

http://www.dohc.ie/publications/national_standards_for_childrens_residential_centres.html

National Standards for Special Care Units 2003 (DOH)

http://www.hiqa.ie/standards/social/children-and-young-people

National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual & Gender Based Violence 2010-2014

Contact the National Business Support Unit at [email protected]

New Directions – Personal Support Services for Adults with Disabilities

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Disability/newdirections2012.pdf

Ombudsman for Children Act 2002

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/act/pub/0022/index.html

Our Duty to Care – The Principles of Good Practice for the Protection of Children and Young People 2002

http://www.dohc.ie/publications/pdf/ourduty.pdf?direct=1

Policy on Domestic, Sexual & Gender Based Violence (HSE)

Contact the National Business Support Unit at [email protected]

Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act 2000

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0037/index.html

Protection of Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/act/pub/0049/index.html

Protocol on the Role of the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (HSE)

Contact the National Business Support Unit at [email protected]

Report on the Working Group on Respite / Residential Care with Families in a Community Setting

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Disability/Homesharingrreport%202012.pdf

Report of the Value for Money and Policy Review of the Disability Services Programme (VFM) July 2012

http://www.dohc.ie/publications/VFM_Disability_Services_Programme_2012.html

Review of National Audiology Review Group (HSE-April 2011)

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/corporate/AudiologyReview.pdf

Time to Move on from Congregated Settings – A Strategy for Community Inclusion (HSE June 2011)

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Disability/timetomoveonfromcongregatedsettings.pdf

UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

http://www.omc.gov.ie/documents/unrightsofchild/UN_Convention_on_the_rights_of_the_child.pdf

UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities 1993

http://www.dochas.ie/Pages/Resources/documents/UN%20Standard%20Rules.doc