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

  Annual Report 2011

  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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  • June 2012
  • Type: Advice
  • Topic: Child protection

  Advice on the Heads of the Children First Bill 2012 and the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012

  The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs published the Heads of the Children First Bill on the 25th of April 2012. The purpose of the proposed legislation is to place certain aspects of Children First: National ...

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  • May 2012
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Education

  Dealing with Bullying in Schools: A Consultation with Children & Young People

  Since its establishment the OCO has engaged directly with hundreds of schools across the country and heard from thousands of children, parents as well as professionals working in the education system. Among the challenges that professionals ...

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  • April 2012
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Education

  Refusal to enrol a pregnant girl in school

  In early 2011 a complaint was submitted to the Ombudsman for Children’s Office by a mother and her daughter. The complaint related to the refusal by School A to enrol the young person for the school years 2009/1010 ...

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

  Refusal to provide an assistive technology grant to a child by the Department of Education and Skills

  An investigation was initiated in August 2010 by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office based on a complaint, brought by the mother of an 11-year-old child, regarding the refusal by the Department of Education and Skills (from this ...

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  • March 2012
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Child protection

  Follow up on Children First Investigation

  This report outlines the review undertaken by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, following the only investigation into State compliance with Children First: National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children. The investigation was carried out ...

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  • March 2012
  • Type: Report

  Report to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Joint Committee on European Affairs

  This report has been prepared to inform the Oireachtas, through the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Joint Committee on European Affairs, of our activities under Section 7(f) of the Act. It outlines our interaction ...

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  • March 2012
  • Type: Report

  A report by the Ombudsman for Children on the operation of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office had been fully operational for nearly 8 years and in that time we had the opportunity to reflect on the aspects of the 2002 Act that function well and those that ...

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  • December 2011
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children

  There will be instances, however, in which an action of a public body has, or may have, adversely affected both a child and an adult. This MoU provides the basis for enhanced cooperation to address and ...

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  • December 2011
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Financial Statement 2010

  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 ...