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  • October 2015
  • Type: Advice
  • Topic: Criminal justice

  Submission on the General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2015

  Ireland is required to transpose into Irish law EU Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime by the 16 November 2015. In light of this, the Minister for ...

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  • September 2015
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Annual Report 2014

  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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  • July 2015
  • Type: Advice
  • Topic: Child protection, Online

  Advice on the General Scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2014

  The Minister for Justice and Equality published the General Scheme of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2014 (“the General Scheme”) on 27th November 2014. The Bill proposes wide ranging reforms of the law, including stronger ...

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  • July 2015
  • Type: Advice
  • Topic: Immigration

  Observations on the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2015

  The Minister for Justice and Equality published the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill (‘the General Scheme’) on 25 March 2015. This submission is being made to the Minister for Justice and Equality and to ...

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  • April 2015
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Disability, Education, Health, Housing

  A Word from the Wise

  This report contains a collection of accounts from children involved in complaints investigated by the OCO. Behind all the children’s rights issues our society grapples with, there are stories. But sometimes the lived experiences of children ...

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  • April 2015
  • Type: Reports to the UN

  Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the examination of Ireland’s consolidated Third and Fourth Report to the Committee

  In this report the OCO outlines its views to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Since the Committee’s last examination. Ireland has been marked by significant change. Ireland is emerging from a severe ...

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  • February 2015
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Children in care

  Own volition investigation into the HSE’s (now Tusla –the Child and Family Agency) registration, inspection and monitoring service for private and voluntary children’s residential centres.

  In March 2013 the Ombudsman for Children decided to carry out a preliminary examination of her own volition into HSE registration, monitoring and inspection of voluntary and private residential centres for children in the care of ...

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  • December 2014
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Prompt payments by public sector 2014

  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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  • December 2014
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Financial Statement 2013

  Financial reports provide information on the performance of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office. They allow us to be held accountable for how we manage and use the money we receive. We are required by law to ...

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  • September 2014
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Annual Report 2013

  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 ...