IASW & Safeguarding Ireland Urge Action in Abuse Cases
‘€100k stolen from dementia patient — but gardaí cannot act due to gaps in safeguarding law’ A dementia sufferer had over €100,000 stolen from his bank account — but gardaí could not act because of gaps in safeguarding legislation, the Oireachtas has been told. The victim had no capacity to report the crime and agencies representing vulnerable people […]
IASW supports the calls of families and family representative groups for transparency and reform in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI).
In light the of the publication of the ‘Summary of Findings, Recommendations and Updates regarding the examination of a particular clinical department in Children’s Health Ireland,’ the Irish Association of Social Workers supports the calls of families and family representative groups for meaningful reform within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). The preventable delays in sick children […]
Press Release IASW responds to RTE Investigates, Inside Irelands Nursing Homes.
The Irish Association of Social Workers respond to organisational abuse in RTE Investigates, Inside Irelands Nursing Homes. As the lead profession in adult safeguarding, the IASW regret to learn of the organisational abuse experienced by vulnerable residents in two private sector nursing homes, experiences which will be shared on RTE Investigates 4th June 2025. We only […]
Statement from the IASW on the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza
The Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) deplores the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and we condemn the relentless genocidal actions by the Israeli government that has resulted in more than 50,000 deaths, including thousands of women and children. Many thousands more have been maimed, injured, and traumatised and face starvation in the coming days […]
Press Release IASW response to Farrelly Commission Report
The Irish Association of Social Workers wish to express solidarity and support to Grace, Grace’s mother and with all of those who supported justice for Grace. We, like many others, have been reading the Farrelly Commission Report and are listening to the national discussion on it. As the lead profession in adult safeguarding, social workers […]
Vivian Geiran: Tusla failings reflect deep-seated problems with cost and demand
New apprenticeship model for social workers via UCC masters should see an improvement in numbers and diversity entering the job Last week, a court judgement by District Court judge Conor Fottrell regarding the failure by Tusla — the child and family agency — to have a social worker allocated to around 250 children in State […]
IASW statement regarding the removal of prioritisation for housing for young adults leaving state care.
The Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) is deeply concerned about media reports (Irish Times, Friday 28th February 2025) that young people leaving state care are no longer being prioritised for housing by Dublin City Council (DCC). According to that report, there are 42 young people whose prioritisation for housing has been removed by DCC […]
IFSW Executive Issues Censure Against The Israeli Union Of Social Workers for Not Acting to Promote Peace
The IFSW executive has, by majority decision, issued a censure against the Israeli Union of Social Workers (IUSW) for not upholding the Federation’s ethical principles of supporting peace and non-violence. In the context of recent and ongoing military action by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza and Palestinian Hamas combatants in Israel, and escalating loss of […]
IASW Statement Calling for the Release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya
The IASW is calling for the immediate release of Dr Hussam Aby Safiya and all Health and Social Care professionals detained without charge, trial or appropriate judicial process. Dr Hussam was detained by the Israeli Defense Forces on the 27th of December 2024 following a raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Northern Gaza. It is […]
Motion by IASW and the General Council for Social Work, Spain: For a European Pact on Migration & Asylum
MANIFESTO FOR A EUROPEAN PACT ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM PROPOSED BY: SPAIN AND IRELAND WE DEMAND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN PACT ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM in ways that are capable of providing an agile, coordinated response, that guarantees the human rights of all people who arrive in our territories, avoiding return processes at the border that violate the fundamental […]