Suicide Prevention Authority Bill 2015

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would create an independent Suicide Prevention Authority to develop and deliver a national suicide-prevention strategy, building on existing plans and successful approaches elsewhere. It would protect dedicated funding, coordinate public bodies and communities, improve training and awareness, gather lessons after suicides or clusters, and provide support to bereaved families.

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Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as an tÚdarás um Chosc ar Fhéinmharú or in the English language as the Suicide Prevention Authority, to define its functions and to provide for connected matters

Last updated 12 April 2018