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Here you can find all our press releases and statements and some speeches made by Niall or members of the OCO team.
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- 27 May 2015
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Family Law
Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the ruling by European Committee of Social Rights
The European Committee of Social Rights has today ruled that Ireland and Slovenia are in violation of the European Social Charter because all corporal punishment of children is not prohibited. The decision of the European Committee ...
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- 22 May 2015
- Type: Press Release
Ombudsman for Children publishes his Report to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has published his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Dr. Muldoon submitted his Report to the Committee in April and will meet with the ...
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- 22 May 2015
- Type: Video & Audio
Ombudsman says child poverty target ‘unacceptably high’
View the article and video on RTE.ie
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- 22 May 2015
- Type: Video & Audio
Dr. Niall Muldoon on RTÉ Radio News At One discussing the publication of his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) & ‘A Word from the Wise’
Listen back to Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon on RTÉ Radio News At One discussing the publication of his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) & ‘A Word from ...
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- 22 May 2015
- Type: Speech
Bringing children’s rights closer to home
Op Ed for the Irish Times, by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon As Ombudsman for Children I often return to the question posed by Eleanor Roosevelt, at an event held at the UN in New ...
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- 8 May 2015
- Type: Press Release
Ombudsman for Children’s Office looking to hire a Director of Investigations
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office currently has a vacancy for the role of Director of Investigations. Full details can be found here: http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/campaignAdvert/18972.htm Director of Investigations Booklet: http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/campaignAdvert/18972/booklet.htm Applications should be made online through www.publicjobs.ie by 28th May 2015
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- 7 May 2015
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Immigration
Ombudsman for Children’s Office welcomes PSOP Committee call to extend remit in relation to Direct Provision
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office has welcomed the publication today of the Report from the Dáil Joint Committee on Public Service, Oversight and Petitions (PSOP) which recommends that the remit of the Ombudsman for Children be ...
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- 28 April 2015
- Type: Statement
- Topic: Health
Children’s Ombudsman welcomes legislation amendment to ensure adopted children have same right to health insurance
Read the Sunday Business Post article titled “Varadkar closes health cover loophole” – 12th April 2015
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- 27 April 2015
- Type: Video & Audio
Interview with the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon on News2Day
Look back at the interview with the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon on News2Day on Tuesday 21st April 2015. Nick Sheridan interviewed Niall as part of their 1-2-1 series, in which they interviewed public figures ...
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- 24 April 2015
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Family Law
Ombudsman for Children welcomes Supreme Court judgment on the validity of the Children’s Rights Referendum
Speaking following today’s unanimous decision of the Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal relating to the referendum on the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution, held in November 2012, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon said: ...