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  • September 2013
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Annual Report 2012

  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 2013
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Children in care, Education

  A statement based on an investigation into provision by the Department of Education and Skills and the HSE for a child in care

  In September 2010 this Office received a complaint from a Guardian ad litem (GAL) acting on behalf of a separated child, then aged 13 years, who was in the care of the HSE. This complaint was ...

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  • June 2013
  • Type: Advice
  • Topic: Family law

  Advice on the Courts Bill 2013

  The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence published the Courts Bill 2013 on 19th March 2013. The Bill has two main purposes; to modify the in camera rule and to increase the monetary jurisdiction limits of ...

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  • May 2013
  • Type: Research
  • Topic: Children in care, Education

  Education of children in care in Ireland: An exploratory study

  In 2007, we published baseline research on the principal barriers facing children in Ireland in the achievement of their rights. Children in care were one of several groups of children identified as facing multiple obstacles to ...

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  • April 2013
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Child protection, Health

  Report on the investigation of HSE Social Work Service Provision in North Lee

  A complaint was submitted to this Office by a Social Work staff member from the North Lee social work team which included a complaint form and a copy of a memo she issued to line management. ...

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  • April 2013
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Health

  An investigation regarding a HSE decision on funding for assistance for treatment abroad

  In April 2011 a complaint was submitted to the Ombudsman for Children’s Office by the parents on behalf of the child aged 7 years. The child concerned was born with limb abnormalities affecting his right leg ...

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  • March 2013
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Disability, Education

  The inclusion of a child with disabilities attending a mainstream pre-school under the Early Childhood Care and Education Scheme

  Between May 2011 and September 2012, we carried out an investigation based on a complaint submitted by a mother on behalf of her four-and-a-half-year-old daughter. The child was profoundly deaf as a result of early congenital ...

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  • December 2012
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Ombudsman for Children’s Office Child Protection Policy and Procedures

  Children and young people, and the adults who care for them, need to be confident that the OCO can provide a safe environment. This Child Protection Policy sets out our approach to providing such an environment. ...

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  • December 2012
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Prompt payments by public sector 2012

  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 2012
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Financial Statement 2011

  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 ...