The new report outlines four key asks that the Taskforce hopes to see included in the next Programme for Government. The Taskforce is calling on parties to improve action, awareness, supports and knowledge on loneliness, with recommendations to develop a comprehensive cross-sectoral strategy to address loneliness and support social connection; to establish a community-focused grant funding scheme to enable social connection and combat loneliness at a local level; and to fund research and evaluation into the causes and treatment of loneliness in Ireland. The report notes that despite Ireland having the highest level of loneliness in the EU, and the highest level of difficulty in accessing mental health services, Ireland does not have a strategy at Government level to address this social pandemic. The Loneliness Taskforce is a coalition of organisations and individuals who work to address loneliness. Members include; ALONE, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Mental Health Reform, Muintir Na Tíre, Samaritans Ireland, The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing and The National Women’s Council of Ireland.