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  • June 2019

  Homelessness is a real children’s issue – Ombudsman for Children

  The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs today (Wednesday) to discuss the OCO’s No Place Like Home report and how homelessness is affecting children. Speaking following his appearance ...

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  • June 2019
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Immigration

  Submission to Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality: Examination of Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process

  The Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality (Committee) invited stakeholders and interested parties to make written submissions on Direct Provision and the international protection application process. Following clarification of the OCO’s complaints remit in 2017, the ...

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  • May 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records, OCO info

  Annual Report 2018

  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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  • May 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Strategic Plan 2019-2021

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office Strategic Plan 2019-2021 builds on the very positive work that has taken place over the past three years. It sets out our plan to continue to work to raise awareness of ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Data Protection, Online

  OCO Submission on processing children’s personal data and their rights as data subjects under GDPR

  In December 2018, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched a public consultation on the processing of children’s personal data and the rights of children as data subjects under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In January ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Child protection, Online

  OCO Submission on the Regulation of Harmful Content on Online Platforms

  In March 2019, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment initiated a public consultation on the regulation of harmful content on online platforms and the implementation of the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD). The ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Ombudsman Offices in Ireland

  The Ombudsman Association has produced this booklet to aid the public in finding the correct body with which to lodge their complaint. Find information on the various Ombudsman, including the Ombudsman for Children’s Office here.   ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Prompt Payments by Public Sector Bodies Quarterly Period Covered: 2019

  It is a Government requirement that all central Government Departments, the Health Service Executive, the local authorities and all other public sector bodies, including the Ombudsman for Children’s Office pay their suppliers within 15 calendar days of receipt ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Housing

  No Place Like Home; Children’s views and experiences of living in Family Hubs

  No Place Like Home is a report by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office outlining children’s views and experiences of living in Family Hubs. The views of 80 children living in eight Family Hubs in Dublin, Cork ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Children in care, Disability

  Molly One Year 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. Twelve months on we are returning to this ...