Older People’s Councils are representative groups of older people who work together and with key state and voluntary agencies to make Ireland a better place in which to grow old. The Programme for Government (2011-2016) committed to the establishment of Older People’s Councils by Local Authorities so that older people can raise concerns or issues of importance at a local level.
The current chairs of the OPC for each county
| Carlow | Joe Butler |
| Cavan | Carole Beattie and Brian McDermott |
| Clare | Maurice Harvey |
| Cork City | Phil Uí Mhurchú |
| Cork County | Liz Downes |
| Donegal | Caroline McDaid |
| Dublin City Central | |
| Dublin City North Central | |
| Dublin City North West | Christine Ryan |
| Dublin City South Central | Margaret Donnelly |
| Dublin City South East | |
| Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | Eilish Hession and Mags Kenny |
| Fingal | Eleanor Hull |
| Galway City | Joan Kavanagh |
| Galway County | Aileen Heverin |
| Kerry | Maura Fitzgerald |
| Kildare | Liam Kett |
| Kilkenny | Mary O’Hanlon |
| Laois | |
| Leitrim | Hazel Humphrey |
| Limerick | Elizabeth Stanley |
| Longford | Kitty Burkhill |
| Louth | Joe Grogan |
| Mayo | Jackie Kilcullen |
| Meath | Ita Healy |
| Monaghan | Seamus McDermott |
| Offaly | Molly Buckley and Frances Kawala |
| Roscommon | Bernie Kenny |
| Sligo | Amro Hamld |
| South Dublin | Mary Lyons |
| Tipperary | Mary McMahon |
| Waterford | Susan O’Connor |
| Westmeath | Anne Drury |
| Wexford | Kevin Molloy |
| Wicklow | Carina Harte-Holmes |