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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

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  • February 2023
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Mental health

  Opening Statement by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism

  Opening Statement by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism

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

  OCO Prompt Payments Returns for Q4 2022

  OCO Prompt Payments Returns for Q4 2022

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

  OCO Payments Over 20K 2022 Q4

  OCO Payments Over 20K 2022 Q4

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  • December 2022
  • Type: Investigation
  • Topic: Housing

  No End in Site: One Year On

  The No End in Site report, published in 2021, detailed an investigation by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) into complaints made by 11 families who were living on a local authority housing site. This is ...

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  • December 2022
  • Topic: OCO info

  Review of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2022

  This report presents the findings and recommendations of an independent review of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 (2002 Act), as amended. The OCO initiated this review further to section 7(1)(h) of the 2002 Act and ...

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  • October 2022
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  OCO Payments Over 20K 2022 Q3

  OCO Payments Over 20K 2022 Q3

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  • October 2022
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  OCO Prompt Payments Return Q3 2022

  OCO Prompt Payments Return Q3 2022