People working in health and social care services are being asked to avail of an online course to enable them to apply "a human rights-based approach" to their work.
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), which made the announcement this morning, described the approach as central to the development of its national standards.
It comes as Dr Maeve O'Rourke of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUIG suggested that an Oireachtas committee examines the establishment of a public inquiry, to investigate the practice of nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dr O’Rourke was among several speakers at a seminar hosted by the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice in conjunction with the Irish Association of