The Irish Heart Foundation makes submissions to Government and state agencies on health policy and issues affecting cardiovascular health. 

Health Policy Submissions

Submission to HIQA on the standards for health information resources , January 2012.

  Submission to 'Your Health is your Wealth' public health policy, September 2011.

  Submission to the Safer Better Healthcare Consultation, November 2010. 

Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health & Children on the Cost of Stroke Report, November 2010. This submission formed the basis of our hearing at the Committee on the 30th November 2010. Read the full Committee hearing.

Submission to the HSE on the The HSE and You, proposed National Charter/Guide, May 2010. 

Submission to the National Positive Ageing Strategy, September 2009.

Pre-Budget Submissions

Pre-Bugdet Submission 2012, November 2011.

Pre-Budget Submission 2011, October 2010. 

 Irish Heart Foundation & Irish Cancer Society - A Strategy to reduce smoking rates and increase tax revenue, October 2010. Our recommendations in relation to tobacco price and smuggling were referred to during the debate on the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2010 in December 2010.  

Pre-Budget Submission 2010, November 2009. 

Tobacco Control Submissions

Submission to the Department of Justice Consultation on Organised and White Collar Crime, January 2011. This submission focuses on organised crime and tobaco smuggling.

Submission to the Department of Environment's Waste Policy Consultation, September 2010. 
This submission proposes a environmental levy on tobacco products as part of the National Waste Policy under the polluter pays principle.  

  Submission to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the Criminal Sanctions discussion document, July 2010. This submission outlines key recommendations on the criminal sanctions attaching to tobacco smuggling - an offence of high importance to the IHF's advocacy in the area of tobacco control.  

General Submissions

  Submission to the review of the code of practice on the sale and display of alcohol in mixed trading premises , December 2011. 

Submission on the establishment of the Human Rights and Equality Commission, November 2011.

  Submission to the Disability Policy Review, November 2011.

  Submission to the Department of Community on the UN Universal Periodic Review of Ireland, June 2011.

Submission to the Equality Authority's Strategic Plan, May 2011.

Submission to Greater Dublin Area Draft Transport Strategy, April 2011.

Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review of Ireland, March 2011.

Submission to the UNDESA WHO Regional High Level Consultation in the European Region on the Prevention and Control on Non-Communicable Diseases, February 2011.

Position Paper on Legislation to Protect Good Samaritans, October 2010. 
This submission calls for the protection of first responders in the Civil Law Miscellaneous Bill. This submission was quoted extensively during the Dail debate on the bill by Fine Gael Justice Spokesperson Alan Shatter TD and Labour Justice Spokesperson, Pat Rabitte TD.

Submission to the Garda Síochána's Strategy for Older People, November 2009.