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• April 2019
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Mental health

Submission on Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office was invited to make a submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016 in March 2019 to be submitted in early April. Due to ...

• December 2018
• Type: Advice
• Topic: Education, OCO info

Children’s Participation in Decision-making

Children have the right to express their views and to have those views considered, according to their age and understanding. Public bodies and organisations that work with children have a responsibility to respect that right. However, ...

• December 2018
• Type: Views of young people
• Topic: Education, OCO info

Consulting with young people

We encourage all organisations that involve children to consult with children and young people. In order to consult meaningfully with young people you must ensure that you have their assent and parental consent to do so. Here ...

• October 2018
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records, OCO info

Financial Statement 2016

• September 2018
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Criminal justice

Submission on the Draft Policing Priorities for 2019

We welcome the draft Policing Priorities for 2019, including the focus on organisation development, data quality, cybercrime, human trafficking, sexual offences, domestic violence, vulnerable victims, hate crime, community policing and crime prevention. As highlighted by the ...

• August 2018

Waiting for Scoliosis Treatment: A Children’s Rights Issue 2018

Since July 2009, my office has received complaints from parents on behalf of their children who have scoliosis and in need of surgery. Over a sustained period of time, we had been alerted to the very ...

• June 2018
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records, OCO info

Protected Disclosures Annual Report 2017

Under Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is required to publish the number of protected of disclosures in the preceding year and the actions taken.  

• June 2018
• Type: Report
• Topic: Health

Joining the Dots – Connecting voices for child-friendly healthcare in hospital

Joining the Dots is an innovative joint initiative by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office and the Children’s Hospital Group Board with the three children’s hospitals in Dublin – Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; Temple Street Children’s ...

• June 2018
• Type: Report
• Topic: Mental health

Take My Hand – Young People’s Experiences of Mental Health Services

The OCO began a consultation with young people in 2017 to hear and highlight their experiences and perspectives on receiving inpatient mental health care and treatment, as well as their journeys through mental health services. We ...

• June 2018
• Type: Finance/OCO records

Annual Report 2017

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 ...