People with disabilities

National Quality Standards

We have published National Quality Standards: Residential Services for People with Disabilities in 2009. These set out what a quality, safe service for people with disabilities in a residential service should be.

About the Standards

The Standards are based on a positive vision for the development of services to support people with disabilities in Ireland. The standards embody the ideas of enablement and possibility: they focus on what people with disabilities can do, when provided with the right support. They have been created to promote good, safe practice in all residential services for people with disabilities provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE), private organisations and voluntary bodies.

Further information

Please see frequently asked questions for further information. If you are a service provider please see our providers section.

The standards are available in various formats to download:

Front cover of the National Quality Standards: Residential Services for People with disabilities     Front cover of the Draft National Quality Standards: Residential Services for People with Disabilities