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• May 2023

Monitoring and Reporting on Ireland’s implementation of the UNCRC

Concluding observations and OCO activities

• May 2023
• Type: Report
• Topic: Finance/OCO records

Falling Behind – OCO Annual Report 2022

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 ...

• May 2023
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Child Care

Opening Statement by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, 9th of May 2023

Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Opening Statement by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office Tuesday, 9 May 2023   Introduction The Ombudsman for Children’s Office would like to thank the Joint Committee ...

• May 2023
• Type: Report
• Topic: Mental health

A Piece of My Mind

A Piece of my Mind, a new report on children’s mental health from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) which surveyed 2,166 children aged 12-17.

• April 2023
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records

Protected Disclosure Annual Report 2022

• April 2023
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records

OCO Payments over €20,000 for Q1 2023

OCO Payments over €20,000 for Q1 2023

• April 2023
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records

OCO Prompt Payments Returns for Q1 2023

OCO Prompt Payments Returns for Q1 2023

• April 2023
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Child protection

Ombudsman for Children’s Office Child Protection Policy and Procedures 2023

The OCO wants to provide a safe a space for children to visit us or meet with us. The Children First Act 2017, guidelines provided by TUSLA – the Child and Family Agency and best practice ...

• March 2023
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Disability, Education

OCO’s submission to the review of the EPSEN Act 2004 to the Department of Education

In December 2021, the Minister for Special Education and Inclusion launched a review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004. The Department of Education subsequently initiated a public consultation on the ...

• February 2023
• Type: Report
• Topic: Child protection, Children in care, Disability, Education, Health, Housing, LGBTQ+

Ombudsman for Children’s Office welcomes the publication of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations

  Ombudsman for Children’s Office welcomes the publication of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) welcomes the publication of the UN Committee on the Rights ...