Donegal Centre for Independent Living CLG

Ballymacool House, Ballymacool, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 YY01

Tel: 074 9128945 Fax: 074 9128589 Email: dcil@donegalcil.com www.donegalcil.com
Charity No. CHY 16580 Company No. 352126

List of Legislation to be adhered to by DCIL

Regulation:

 Disability Act
http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/DisabilityAct05Guide.pdf/Files/DisabilityAct05Guide.pd

 Mental Health Act 2001-2008

http://www.mhcirl.ie/File/SUI_EnglishV2009.pdf

 United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities 1993
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre01.htm

Quality and Standard, Codes Of Practice:

Quality and Standards:
 National Standards for Special Care Units HIQA 2014
https://www.hiqa.ie/reports-and-publications/standards

 Protocol on the Role of the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities (HSE)
http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/yourhealthservice/access/NatGuideAccessibleServices/secti
on1.html
http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/yourhealthservice/access/NatGuideAccessibleServices/Nat
GuideAccessibleServices.pdf

 Time to move on from congregated settings – A strategy For Community Inclusion (HSE
June 2011)
http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/disability/congregatedsettings/congregatedsettingsre
portfinal.pdf

 National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016

http://www.iwa.ie/services/housing/national-housing-strategy

http://health.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/housing_strategy_implementation.pdf

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Donegal Centre for Independent Living CLG
Ballymacool House, Ballymacool, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 YY01
Tel: 074 9128945 Fax: 074 9128589 Email: dcil@donegalcil.com www.donegalcil.com
Charity No. CHY 16580 Company No. 352126

 New Direction – Personal Support Services for Adults with Disabilities 2012
http://www.inclusionireland.ie/content/page/new-directions

http://www.inclusionireland.ie/sites/default/files/attach/basic-page/1017/new-directions-
report-pdf.pdf

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

http://www.cosc.ie/en/COSC/Final%20Electronic%20NS%20Ex%20Summary
%205%20March.pdf/Files/Final%20Electronic%20NS%20Ex%20Summary%205%20March.pdf

 National Policy and Strategy for the Provision of Neuro – Rehabilitation Services in Ireland
2011-2015
http://www.nai.ie/assets/82/FD82DBF9-E456-4793-
971320E75D5FF083_document/Neurological_Alliance_of_Ireland_Response_to_Draft_Impl
ementation_Plan_for_National_Neurorehabilitation_Strategy.pdf

 National review of Autism Services, Past, Present and the Way forward 2012
http://www.fedvol.ie/_fileupload/Next%20Steps/autismreview2012.pdf

 Review of National Audiology Review Group (HSE – April 2011)

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/newsarchive/2011archive/april2011/
audiologyreview.html

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

 Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse National Policy and Procedures (HSE –
2014)
http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/socialcare/safeguardingvulnerableadults/

http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/corporate/personsatriskofabuse.pdf

 Report of the Value of Money and Policy review of the Disability Services Programme
(UFM) July 2012
http://health.gov.ie/wp-
content/uploads/2014/03/VFM_Disability_Services_Programme_2012.pdf

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Donegal Centre for Independent Living CLG
Ballymacool House, Ballymacool, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 YY01
Tel: 074 9128945 Fax: 074 9128589 Email: dcil@donegalcil.com www.donegalcil.com
Charity No. CHY 16580 Company No. 352126

 National Standards for the Safer Better Healthcare (HIQA) June 2012.
https://www.hiqa.ie/areas-we-work/standards-and-quality

http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/clinical/natclinprog/palliativecareprogramme/Resource
s/Natstand.pdf

 Policy on Protecting HSE Staff from Second Hand Smoke in Domestic Settings (Nov 2014)
http://hse.ie/eng/about/Who/TobaccoControl/shspolicy/shspolicydoc.pdf

Codes Of Practice:
 Guidelines on Person Centred Planning in the Provision of Services for People with
Disabilities in Ireland (NDA)
http://nda.ie/Good-practice/Guidelines/Guidelines-on-Person-Centered-
Planning/Guidelines-on-Person-Centred-Planning-format-versions/2-What-is-Person-
Centred-Planning-/

http://nda.ie/Good-practice/Guidelines/Guidelines-on-Person-Centered-
Planning/Guidelines-on-Person-Centred-Planning-format-versions/main.pdf

Quality Assurance:
 National Standards for Residential Services for Children and Adults with Disabilities Jan
2013 (HIQA)
http://www.inclusionireland.ie/sites/default/files/documents/Reports/standards-
disabilities-children-adults-final.pdf

 Health Act 2004

http://www.hse.ie/eng/about/Who/corpoperf/Health%20Act%202004.pdf

Amendment Act 2013

https://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2013/a3113new.pdf

 Children First Implementation and Compliance Checklist for HSE Funded Agencies 2016
http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/2/PrimaryCare/childrenfirst/informationresponsibilities
/ChildrenFirstImplementationandComplianceChecklistforHSEFundedAgencies2016.pdf
 Child Protection Policy
http://www.donegalcil.com/downloads/DCIL_Child_Protection_Policy.pdf