Welcome to the website of the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland has promotional, advisory, educational and general investigatory duties and powers. She champions the rights and interests of older people throughout Northern Ireland and speaks with a strong voice on the contribution older people make and on the issues and problems they face.

The Commissioner has developed draft themes and priorities for action which are based on what older people, and those who work with them, say matter most to them. She is discussing these draft themes and priorities throughout the autumn with older people, politicians and key organisations across Northern Ireland and will issue a draft Corporate Plan for consultation in early 2013.