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 urges older energy customers to seek help if they need it
29 January, 2021The Commissioner for Older People is concerned that some older pay as you go (PAYG) customers may be unnecessarily living in cold homes duri…
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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…