The Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) makes various submissions to a range of groups and organisations, as well as statements on a number of important and topical issues.
For the most recent PSI submissions and statements please see the links below.
16 October 2025 - PSI Council Member Dr Sharon Lambert's Opening Statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs
29 September 2025 - PSI Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2026
16 September 2025 - PSI Submission to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on "Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities"
29 August 2025 - PSI Submission to National Disability Authority (NDA) Children's Disability Network Team Service Model Review
09 July 2025 - PSI President Dr Damien Lowry, PSI International Liaison Officer Dr Dean McDonnell, and PSI Policy & Advocacy Manager Kennedy Fiorella met with the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, New York His Excellency Fergal Mythen, to discuss the UN Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Wellbeing
01 July 2025 - PSI Position Statement on the Use of Therapy Notes in Legal Cases involving Rape and Sexual Assault in Ireland
11 June 2025 - SIG in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Position Statement on the Impact of Smartphones and the Online World on Young Children and Parents
09 June 2025 - SIG in Trauma & Adversity open letter to Government Ministers: Stop the use of clinical notes in rape cases
06 June 2025 - PSI President Dr Damien Lowry and PSI Council Member Dr Mitchel Fleming met with CORU representatives to discuss an update on timelines for the introduction of regulation of clinical, counselling and educational psychologists
29 May 2025 - PSI President Dr Damien Lowry, Council Member Dr Mitchel Fleming, and PSI Policy & Advocacy Manager Kennedy Fiorella met with Deputy Liam Quaide, T.D. on Assessments of Need and the Mental Health Bill 2024.
13 May 2025 - PSI Position Statement on the Implementation of a Shared Governance Leadership Model in CAMHS
06 May 2025 - PSI President Dr Damien Lowry, Council Member Dr Michael Drumm, and PSI Policy & Advocacy Manager Kennedy Fiorella met with Deputy Sorca Clarke, T.D. on the Mental Health Bill 2024.
18 April 2025 - PSI Submission to the Department of Health's Public Consultation on Ireland's Next Suicide Reduction Policy
24 February 2025 - PSI President Dr Damien Lowry, PSI Council Member Dr Mitchel Fleming, and Policy & Advocacy Manager Kennedy Fiorella met with CORU Strategy & Policy Team to discuss the regulation of the profession of psychology
14 February 2025 - PSI Submission to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Assistive Technology Capacity Assessment in Ireland
31 January 2025 - Response from the Special Interest Group in Autism (SIGA) to the HSE Autism Assessments and Interventions Pathway Protocol
13 December 2024 - PSI Response to HSE Autism Assessments and Interventions Pathway Protocol
09 December 2024 - Global Psychology Alliance Statement Democratic Systems and Psychological Science: A Collective Statement and Call to Action
21 November 2024 - PSI Position Statement on Addressing the Climate and Environmental Emergency
08 November 2024 - PSI signs Mental Health Reform's open letter to An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, regarding the delay of the Mental Health Bill due to General Election
09 October 2024 - PSI signs the HSE and the Irish Climate and Health Alliance Joint Declaration of Action on Planetary and Human Health
08 October 2024 - PSI Council Member Dr Sharon Lambert's opening statement to the Oireachtas Committee on Justice
04 October 2024 - PSI statement regarding the psychological impact of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation, and advocating for survivors
03 October 2024 - PSI Council Member Dr Sharon Lambert's opening statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Drugs Use
25 September 2024 - PSI signs Mental Health Reform's open letter to An Taoiseach, Simon Harris, to prioritise funding for mental health services in Budget 2025
02 September 2024 - PSI Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2025
29 July 2024 - Breakdown in relations in national Steering Group ‘an alarming disaster’ warns Health and Social Care Professions (HSPCs) (HSCP joint statement regarding Children’s Disability Services)
17 July 2024 - PSI Council representatives Meeting with CORU & Expert Advisory Group of the Psychologists Registration Board
06 June 2024 - PSI CEO Sheena Horgan Letter to the Editor of the Irish Times re Naming of the National Children's Hospital (NCH)
30 April 2024 - The PSI's Submission to the Green Paper on Disability Reform Public Consultation
22 April 2024 - National Mother and Baby Unit a necessity (Joint statement from PSI SIGPIMH & I-AIMH)
16 April 2024 - PSI President Dr Odhrán Mc Carthy and CEO Sheena Horgan Meeting with Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, T.D.
26 March 2024 - PSI President Dr Odhrán Mc Carthy and CEO Sheena Horgan Meeting with Irish Universities Association regarding DARE Programme
22 March 2024 - PSI President Dr Odhrán Mc Carthy and CEO Sheena Horgan Meeting with Deputy Bernard Durkan, T.D., Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Oireachtas Committee on Health
4 March 2024 - Referendums: On the Relevance of Psychology - Family and Care Referendums
14 February 2024 - The Psychological Society of Ireland calls for an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East
16 November 2023 - PSI concerned about the psychological wellbeing of those affected by the war in Gaza & Israel
05 October 2023 - PSI Pre-budget 2024 submission
14 June 2023 - PSI President Dr Anne Kehoe and Council Members Dr Mitchel Fleming and Dr Mark Smyth Meeting with Minister of Health, Stephen Donnelly, T.D.
23 February 2023 - The Psychological Society of Ireland's written submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism
15 February 2023 - The Psychological Society of Ireland’s response to the call from the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child: Draft General Comment No. 26
18 October 2022 - The Psychological Society of Ireland opening statement to the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Mental Health to consider issues relating to perinatal mental health
10 August 2022 - PSI Pre-budget 2023 Submission
30 May 2022 - Joint submission from PSI and the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists to the public consultation on the Autism Innovation Strategy (this submission was made by the IASLT with input from PSI's Special Interest Group in Autism)
04 March 2022 - PSI statement on Conflict in Ukraine. Click here for the Ukrainian translation and here for the Russian translation.
22 February 2022 - PSI statement on the Citizens' Assembly on Drug Use
14 January 2022 - PSI Letter to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly regarding the disparity in funding for psychology trainees
29 October 2021 - PSI HPSI Statement of Purpose
27 September 2021 - PSI Pre-budget 2022 Submission
09 September 2021 - PSI Statement on the Disability Access Route to Education - Sept 2021
31 March 2021 - PSI Submission to the Public Consultation on the Review of the Mental Health Act 2001
08 December 2020 - Assessment of Need (AON) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) - Opening Statement from PSI, AOTI and IASLT to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration. For accompanying case vignettes please click here.
21 September 2020 - PSI Pre-budget 2021 Submission
05 June 2020 - Statement from the President of the Psychological Society of Ireland on Racism
25 May 2020 - PSI Letter to Party Leaders re Meeting the Psychological Need Arising from COVID-19
27 February 2020 - Health & Social Care Professional Alliance (HSCPA): Letter to Minister for Health regarding advertisement of Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) post
23 January 2020 - Psychological Society of Ireland: Manifesto for a Psychologically Healthier Ireland (Jan. 2020 )
04 December 2019 - Opening Statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health: To address the development of mental health services and workforce planning
20 September 2019 - Comment from the Psychological Society of Ireland regarding proposed line management duties of Children’s Disability Network Managers
05 September 2019 - PSI Pre-Budget Submission 2020
18 September 2018 - PSI response to the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care's Second Interim Report
04 September 2018 - PSI submission to A Vision for Change Oversight Group
27 March 2018 - PSI Review of the Assessment of Need Standard Operating Procedure (AON SOP)
21 February 2018 - PSI submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
07 February 2018 - PSI submission on the HSE ASD Diagnostic Protocol Draft
01 February 2018 - PSI review of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Standard Operating Procedure