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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 ...

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  • August 2011
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Children in care, Disability, Health

  Provision of supports and therapeutic services for a child with special needs in foster care

  In September 2008 the Ombudsman for Children commenced an investigation under Section 8 of the Ombudsman for Children’s Act, 2002 following the receipt of a complaint regarding the provision of supports to a child with special ...

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  • April 2011
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Child protection, Children in care, Disability, Education, Family law, Health, Housing, Immigration, Mental health, Transport, Youth justice

  A children’s rights analysis of investigations

  The purpose of this review is to audit our approach to the investigations function in monitoring children’s rights and to determine in the context of a need for public sector reform, the areas that particularly affect ...

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

  The investigation of a complaint concerning the administrative actions of the HSE in determining an application for provision of a powered wheelchair

  In March 2010 an investigation was initiated by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) under Section 8 of the Ombudsman for Children’s Act, 2002 (the Act). The investigation was based on a complaint received on behalf ...

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  • December 2010
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Financial Statement 2009

  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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  • October 2010
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Education, Health, Youth justice

  Young people in St. Patrick’s Institution; A report by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office

  In 2007, the OCO commissioned research to identify the kinds of barriers facing children in the achievement of their rights. Children in the criminal justice system were identified as a group of children in Ireland who ...