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The OCO library brings together our policy submissions and advice to Government, OCO strategies, reports, investigation statements, financial information and more.
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- October 2020
- Type: Reports to the UN
- Topic: OCO info
Ombudsman For Children’s Office Makes Submission to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) has made a submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Committee) to inform the Committee’s preparation of a List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR) for ...
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- September 2020
- Type: Finance/OCO records
- Topic: OCO info
Annual Report 2019
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is required under law to submit to the Oireachtas an Annual Report on the performance of our functions. The Annual Report is a comprehensive report on our activities throughout the preceding ...
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- August 2020
- Type: Finance/OCO records
- Topic: Finance/OCO records
Financial Statements – 2018
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018
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- August 2020
- Type: Finance/OCO records
- Topic: Finance/OCO records
Financial Statements – 2017
Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017
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- August 2020
- Type: Finance/OCO records
- Topic: Finance/OCO records
Protected Disclosure Annual Report – 2019
Annual Report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014
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- August 2020
- Type: Finance/OCO records
- Topic: Finance/OCO records
Protected Disclosure Annual Report – 2018
Annual Report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014
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- June 2020
- Type: Submission
- Topic: Youth justice
OCO submission on the draft new Youth Justice Strategy 2020-2026
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office has made a submission to the Department of Justice and Equality on the draft new Youth Justice Strategy 2020-2026. The OCO welcomes publication of the draft Strategy and the public consultation ...
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- June 2020
- Type: Report
Pathways to Irish Citizenship
The findings of a new research paper entitled Pathways to Irish Citizenship has highlighted the lengthy and complex road to citizenship for non-national and non-citizen children in Ireland. The paper, which was commissioned by the Ombudsman ...
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- February 2020
- Type: Finance/OCO records
- Topic: Child protection
Ombudsman for Children’s Office Child Protection Policy and Procedures 2020
Children and young people, and the adults who care for them, need to be confident that the OCO can provide a safe environment. Our Child Protection Policy sets out our approach to providing such an environment. ...
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- January 2020
- Type: Report
- Topic: Children in care, Disability
Molly Two Years On
In 2018 the Ombudsman for Children’s Office published Molly’s case, a report detailing a complaint we received about a child with a disability who is in foster care. We are returning to this case for the ...
