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  • 22 Meitheamh 2022
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Míchumas, Oideachas

  Plan for Places: OCO report highlights need for adequate forward planning to ensure children with SEN receive equal access to education

  The Department of Education is failing children with Special Educational Needs, particularly in black spots such as Dublin and Cork, regarding the provision of suitable school places, a new report published today by the Ombudsman for ...

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  • 14 Meitheamh 2022
  • Cineál: Ráiteas
  • Ábhar: Oideachas

  Opening Statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

  Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Opening Statement by the Director of Investigations at the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, Nuala Ward Tuesday, 14th June 2022 I would like to ...

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  • 16 Bealtaine 2022
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Oideachas, Sláinte

  The Ombudsman for Children publishes Annual Report 2021: Resilience Tested

  79% increase in complaints to Ombudsman for Children with education issues dominating Resilience Tested; The Ombudsman for Children’s Office Annual Report 2021 There was a 79% increase in the number of complaints to the Ombudsman for ...

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  • 12 Bealtaine 2022
  • Cineál: Ráiteas
  • Ábhar: Sláinte

  Ombudsman for Children opening statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on International Surrogacy

  I would like to thank the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy for the invitation to appear today to discuss international surrogacy, including the right of children born through surrogacy to preserve their identity. As members of ...

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  • 25 Aibreán 2022
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Oideachas

  Children’s Rights on the agenda for Ombudsman for Children’s regional Donegal and Island visit

  The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, will visit a number of schools in Donegal and Árainn Mhór today and tomorrow to highlight the rights of children and the work of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office ...

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  • 20 Aibreán 2022
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Oideachas, Sláinte

  No Filter: A survey of children’s experiences of the Covid Pandemic

  Nearly half of children surveyed by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) say the Covid pandemic has significantly changed their lives. No Filter, a survey carried out by the OCO and Amárach Research in February 2022, ...

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  • 29 Márta 2022
  • Cineál: Ráiteas
  • Ábhar: Oideachas

  Statement from Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon on the publication of NCCA Review

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO), welcomes the Department of Education publication of the long awaited National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) Senior Cycle review. Speaking following the announcement by Minister Foley, the Ombudsman for ...

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  • 23 Márta 2022
  • Cineál: Ráiteas
  • Ábhar: Míchumas

  Ombudsman for Children Statement to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth

  I would like to thank the Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth for inviting me to appear today to discuss the current waiting lists for children to access an assessment of need (AON) ...

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  • 14 Márta 2022
  • Cineál: Ráiteas

  Ombudsman for Children Statement to Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Petitions

  I would like to thank the Joint Committee on Public Petitions for the invitation to appear today to discuss our Office’s Annual Reports from 2018 to 2020. As members are aware, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office ...

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  • 9 Márta 2022
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Leanaí faoi chúram, Sláinte

  Cás Jack: Tar Éis Bliana, tá ag éirí go maith leis an leanbh faoi mhíchumas, ach níl tacaíochtaí ann do gach páiste

  Tá Cás Jack foilsithe inniu ag Oifig an Ombudsman do Leanaí: Tar Éis Bliana, an t-eolas is déanaí maidir lenár bhfiosrúchán maidir le cúram buachalla óig atá faoi mhíchumas trom a rinneadh damáiste dá inchinn agus a ...