Safeguarding and promoting the interests of older people.
The Commissioner is an independent champion for older people, who safeguards and promotes their interests.
Eddie Lynch is the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland. His main role is to safeguard and promote the interests of older people. COPNI is a non-departmental public body with a responsibility to advise and influence Government, focusing on the rights and interests of older people.
The rights of older people in the UK to treatment during this pandemicWhat have we been saying?
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Statement on behalf of the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland re High Court ruling unlawfulness of discharge of COVID patients to care homes
27 April, 2022The Commissioner for Older People has given his reaction to today’s ruling by the High Court in England, which found that Government policie…
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Commissioner for Older People supports launch of Intergenerational Week 2022.
12 April, 2022The Commissioner for older people attended the launch of this year’s Global Intergenerational Week 2022, alongside residents from Bryansburn…