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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Commissioner welcomes recommendation to add ‘age’ to hate crime categories
02 December, 2020The Commissioner for Older People has welcomed the recent announcement that hate crime legislation in Northern Ireland should include age-re…
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Joint Statement: Relentless focus on protecting older people’s rights needed as we deal with the next phase of the pandemic
23 November, 2020“As we head into what will be a difficult winter for us all, we will continue to work together – as we have throughout the pandemic – to scr…