Transcript for Older People's Parliament 2026 survey videos

Hello. Thank you for taking part in the survey for the next Older People’s Parliament.

On Thursday 15 October 2026, the Older People's Parliament will take place in Parliament Buildings.

The Parliament is an opportunity for key issues that impact the lives of older people, across Northern Ireland to be shared directly with decision-makers. The Parliament has been co-designed with a consultative panel group made up of a range of groups and organisations that support, work with, and advocate for older people.

Your views are important. By telling us the issues that are important to you, you will help shape the Older People’s Parliament. The results of this survey will help to determine the issues that will be discussed on the day of the Parliament. 

This survey can be taken online, or you can also request a paper copy. To request a paper copy of the survey, please email OPP@niassembly.gov.uk. The completed paper survey can be returned using the stamped, addressed envelope which will be included with your copy of the survey.

To continue completing the survey online, please click Online Survey to open the survey.

Before you get started, we would like to learn a little bit more about you.

Some questions are required in this survey, which means you will not be able to continue without answering them.

We would like your permission to publish your response as part of the survey results. Your personal information will not be published. The only information that will be publicly available will be the analysis of the issues selected by respondents.

You now must indicate your preferred option. Please select either:

• Publish response
• Do not publish response

Or

• Publish my response but keep it anonymous

In the next question, you are asked how would you describe your gender?

You can chose Male, Female, Other or Prefer Not to Say. If you select Other, please use the text box to specify.

Next, please select which age range you belong to:

-          Under 55

-          55-65

-          66-75

-          76-85

-           86-95

-           96+

Or

-          Prefer not to say

The next question asks which constituency you live in. Northern Ireland is made up of 18 different electoral areas called constituencies. A map of the constituencies can be accessed via a link in this question if you need assistance locating your area.

Please select your constituency from the following list:

-          Belfast East

-          Belfast North

-          Belfast South

-          Belfast West

-          East Antrim

-          East Londonderry

-          Fermanagh and South Tyrone

-          Foyle

-          Lagan Valley

-          Mid Ulster

-          Newry and Armagh

-          North Antrim

-          North Down

-          South Antrim

-          South Down

-          Strangford

-          Upper Bann

-          West Tyrone

-          Regional

Or

-          National

You may now select ‘Continue’ to move on to the next part of the survey.

The next section is about the Issues Relating to Older People in Northern Ireland.

In this section, there are a list of 16 issues. Please select as many issues as are important to you and rank them in order of preference, with 1 being the most important. If you wish, you do not need to rank all 16 – you can focus on those that matter most to you.

The issues are:

-          Equal access to appropriate healthcare and services

-          Protection from scams and financial abuse

-          Transport, travel and mobility access

-          Rights and advocacy for older people

-          Tackling loneliness and social isolation

-          Digital inclusion and accessible communication

-          Economic participation and employment opportunities

-          Contribution to community life

-          Lifelong learning and meaningful education opportunities

-          Adequate income and tackling poverty in later life

-          Domestic violence against older people (including full implementation of the End Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy)

-          Age discrimination

-          Effective planning for a society where people are living longer

-          Access to safe green spaces and the environment for older people

-          Support for older people with caring responsibilities

-          Barriers to decision making rights for older people with cognitive impairment (such as the Independent Advocacy Safeguard in the Mental Capacity Act (NI) 2016)

If there are any issues not listed which you would like to be included, please use the text box to add in issues.

Next, if you are interested in receiving updates about the Older People's Parliament, including the results from the survey and how to watch the Parliament, please enter your contact email address in the text box.

Once you have completed this section, please select ‘Continue’.

You’re almost done, and you’re about to submit your response to the survey.

By clicking 'Submit Response' you give us permission to analyse and include your response in our results. After you click Submit, you will no longer be able to go back and change any of your answers.

Please tick the box if you would like to receive a copy of your survey response by email. You can also download a copy on the next page, without receiving an email.

Finally, to finish the survey, please select ‘Submit Response’.

Your response has been submitted. This section provides you with your response ID. Please keep a note of this ID if you need to contact us about your response

You can also download a copy of your response in this section.

To find out more information about the Older People’s Parliament, you can click the link in this section to visit the NI Assembly website.

That’s it! You have successfully completed the survey. Thank you for your input. We appreciate your time and your opinions – and thank you again for sharing your views on the issues for the Older People’s Parliament.