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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 ...

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  • December 2011
  • Type: Advice
  • Topic: Child protection

  Advice of the Ombudsman for Children on the Scheme of the National Vetting Bureau Bill 2011

  The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence published the Scheme of the National Vetting Bureau Bill on 27 July 2011. The aim of the Bill is to give effect to the recommendation made by the Joint ...

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  • October 2011
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Disability, Health

  Incident where a child with physical and learning disabilities was slapped by a member of hospital staff while in respite care at Stewarts Hospital

  In July 2008 the Ombudsman for Children became aware of a case in which a staff member of Stewarts Hospital had been dismissed on the grounds of gross misconduct for slapping a child with physical and ...

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  • October 2011
  • Type: Advice
  • Topic: Child protection

  Advice on the Draft General Scheme for the Criminal Justice (Withholding Information on Crimes Against Children and Vulnerable Adults) Bill 2011

  The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence published the Scheme of a Bill to create a criminal offence of withholding information relating to the commission of arrestable offences, including sexual offences, against a child or a ...

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

  Annual Report 2010

  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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  • September 2011
  • Type: Reports to the UN

  Submission for the 12th Session of the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review

  The Ombudsman for Children is mandated to promote the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and aims to ensure that Ireland complies with its international human rights obligations. This document outlines views and ...