Policies & Strategies

February 9, 2022

Preventing Harm, Empowering Recovery: A Strategic Framework to Tackle the Harm from Substance Use (2021-31) 2021 (Department of Health)

The Preventing Harm, Empowering Recovery was produced as a specific commitment arising from the New Decade New Approach agreement and was prioritised by the Department of […]
November 27, 2018

Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018

The Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 makes provisions for the minimum price per gram of alcohol, labelling of alcohol products including the inclusion of health warnings […]
November 27, 2018

Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery: “A health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland” – 2017 – 2025

Ireland’s “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery” strategy sets out the Government’s response to addressing the harm caused by substance misuse in our society over the next eight […]
November 27, 2018

Healthy Ireland

‘Healthy Ireland’ is the national framework for action to improve the health and wellbeing of the people of Ireland. Its main focus is on prevention and […]
November 27, 2018

New Strategic Direction for Alcohol and Drugs Phase 2: 2011-2016

The New Strategic Direction for Alcohol and Drugs Phase 2 (NSD-2) is a cross-departmental strategy led by the Department of Health, which aims to reduce the […]
November 27, 2018

Making Life Better – First Progress Report 2014-15

In the first year of implementation, the main focus of Making Life Better has been to set in place structures, build relationships, and to start the […]
November 27, 2018

Making Life Better – a whole system framework for public health 2013-23 (Dep Health NI)

‘Making Life Better’ is the strategic framework for public health. It is designed to provide direction for policies and actions to improve the health and wellbeing […]
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