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  • 27 Aibreán 2021
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Cosaint Leanaí, Inimirce

  Press Release: The Ombudsman for Children investigates the Safety and Welfare of children in Direct Provision

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) has published its investigation Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision. This was an own volition investigation which means that we do not need a complaint to begin examining ...

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  • 21 Aibreán 2021
  • Ábhar: Míchumas, Oideachas

  Press Release: Legislation not working for children with special educational needs – Ombudsman for Children

  The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon addressed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on Tuesday, 20th April about education for children with special needs. Dr. Muldoon specifically ...

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  • 29 Márta 2021
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Míchumas, Oideachas, Sláinte

  Press release: #MindTheGap Children with disabilities often invisible, not heard and not counted

  Monday 29th March 2021   Mind the Gap: Research commissioned by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office and carried out by researchers at NUI Galway   Mind The Gap – research on the barriers to the realisation ...

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  • 25 Márta 2021
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Oideachas

  Press release: #MoreThanSchool nationwide campaign

  A year after schools closed for the first time, and as the phased reopening of schools takes place, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is asking students to share what school means to them. We’ve heard from ...

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  • 12 Márta 2021
  • Ábhar: Oideachas

  More than School

    School is not just about learning, it’s about friends, it’s about sport, it’s about being part of a community. We asked children and young people across the country to tell us how they felt about ...

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  • 17 Feabhra 2021

  Athcheaptar an Dr Niall Muldoon le Ról an Ombudsman do Leanaí

  : Rinne Uachtarán na hÉireann, Mícheál D. Ó hUiginn, an Dr Niall Muldoon a athcheapadh go foirmiúil lena ról ar feadh téarma eile. Mhol an tAire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtithe agus Óige, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., an Dr ...

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  • 5 Eanair 2021
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Cosaint Leanaí

  A statement by the Ombudsman for Children on possible closure of schools

  The Office for the Ombudsman for Children, (OCO) is today urging Cabinet to avoid a blanket closure of schools due to the disproportionately negative affect this will have on children with disabilities and children from disadvantaged ...

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  • 18 Márta 2020
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint

  Ombudsman for Children’s Office publishes Irish Language Scheme 2020-2023

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office’s (OCO) second Irish Language Scheme is underway, which sees the organisation continue its commitment to providing increased Irish language services to the public for another three years. Following on from the ...

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  • 10 Márta 2020
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Cosaint Leanaí

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents Life in Lockdown, a report on the views and experiences of children living in Direct Provision accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents Life in Lockdown, a report on the views and experiences of children living in Direct Provision accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Following on from our Direct Division report earlier this year, ...

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  • 26 Samhna 2020
  • Cineál: Preaseisiúint
  • Ábhar: Leanaí faoi chúram, Míchumas

  Ombudsman for Children launches report on Jack’s* Case: How the HSE and Tusla provided for and managed the care of a child with profound disabilities

  Jack’s Case: how the HSE and Tusla provided for and managed the care of a child with profound disabilities has been launched by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) today. The report details the OCO’s investigation ...