Age Sector Platform (ASP) fully supports the establishment of an effective and influential Independent Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland. If the role is established correctly, taking into consideration the views of older people and wider society, it should represent a huge step forward in promoting and safeguarding the rights of older people in Northern Ireland.

Age Sector Platform will work in contributing to the establishment of a successful Commissioner for Older People; one that will satisfy the age sector’s need for a strategic, independent and powerful body whose responsibility it is to promote and protect the rights of older people.

Age Sector Platform aims to:

• Ensure that the Commissioner for Older People has the necessary powers to be effective
• Contribute to the development of the role, functions and powers
• Highlight key issues and priorities for action
• Become a vital consultant for the Commissioner’s office on issues that affect older people in Northern Ireland.