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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 ...

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  • January 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Submissions for Irish Language Scheme

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) is preparing an Irish language Scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003. It is proposed that this Scheme will run for three years from February 2020. This scheme ...

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  • December 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  OCO Freedom of Information Publication Scheme

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office’s Freedom of Information Publication Scheme is designed to allow the provision of information to the greatest extent possible, except for information exempted under or outside the FOI Act. Details on publication ...

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  • October 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Freedom of Information Act

  The Freedom of Information Act 1997 (FOI Act) as amended by the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 obliged government departments, the Health Service Executive (HSE), local authorities and a range of other public bodies to publish information on their ...

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  • October 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Ombudsman for Children Act 2002

  The Ombudsman for Children Act, which sets out the role and powers of this Office, was agreed by the Dáil and the Seanad in 2002.

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  • October 2019
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Adoption

  OCO Submission on the review of the potential introduction of open or semi-open adoption in Ireland

  The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) is undertaking a review of the potential introduction of open or semi-open adoption in Ireland for adopted children under the age of 18 years. The Ombudsman for Children’s ...