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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 ...

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  • December 2012
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Disability, Education

  A statement regarding educational provision in mainstream school for children with Down Syndrome

  In September 2009 and May 2010, the Office received separate but similar complaints. The complaints were made by two mothers on behalf of two children with Down Syndrome. The complaints related to the education of the ...

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  • November 2012
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Education

  The story of the Ombudsman for Children’s Youth Advisory Panel

  In 2003, Government and nongovernmental agencies collaborated on a groundbreaking recruitment process for the appointment of Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children. This process was the first time that children and young people were involved in a ...

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  • November 2012
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Children in care, Housing

  Investigation relating to children who are homeless and accommodated under Section 5 of the Child Care Act and children in the Care of the HSE accessing homeless services

  Over the past number of years we have received and examined complaints on an individual basis in which issues were raised regarding homeless service provision for children by the HSE. This includes children already in the care ...

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  • October 2012
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Children in care, Housing

  Homeless Truths; Children’s experiences of homelessness in Ireland

  The issue of homeless children came to the attention of the OCO through our Complaints and Investigation function, and has been dealt with on a case by case basis and has been reported to the Oireachtas ...

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  • October 2012
  • Type: Report

  Report to the Oireachtas on the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012

  The Government published the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill, 2012 on the 19th of September 2012. The Bill sets out a proposed amendment to the Constitution, repealing section 5 of the existing Article 42 ...