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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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- 17 July 2013
- Type: Statement
Presentation to the Joint Committee on Health and Children on the issue of youth justice
Download the presentation by Emily Logan to to the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children on the issue of youth justice
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- 27 June 2013
- Type: Statement
Children’s Ombudsman calls for legislation amendment to ensure adopted children have same right to health insurance
Read Sunday Business Post article here – Children’s Ombudsman calls for legislation amendment to ensure adopted children have same right to health insurance
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- 20 June 2013
- Type: Press Release
72% Irish people believe State could do more to support Children’s Rights
Ombudsman for Children’s 2012 annual report highlights areas where State not adequately supporting children and families The majority of people living in Ireland believe that more could be done to support and promote children’s rights according ...
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- 20 June 2013
- Type: Statement, Video & Audio
Children’s Ombudsman discussing the 2012 Annual Report on Today with Pat Kenny
Listen to the children’s Ombudsman discussing the 2012 Annual Report on Today with Pat Kenny
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- 25 May 2013
- Type: Statement
Statement by the Ombudsman for Children regarding the provision and monitoring of childcare services
I have written today to the HSE seeking a meeting to discuss my concerns about the adequacy of standards and of inspections of childcare providers and related sanctions for those found in breach of the 2006 ...
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- 7 May 2013
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Children in Care, Education
Children’s Ombudsman calls for longitudinal study into educational outcomes for children in care
Children’s Ombudsman calls for longitudinal study into educational outcomes for children in care Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has called on Government to address the deficits in information on educational experiences for children in care by ...
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- 30 April 2013
- Type: Press Release
180 New Bodies to come within Ombudsman for Children’s Remit
The Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, will see 180 new public bodies come under her remit today (Tuesday, 30th April) following the extension of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002. The Ombudsman for Children is obliged ...
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- 1 March 2013
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Children in Care, Family Law
Children’s Ombudsman & Courts Service in joint initiative to assist separating parents & their children
Over the next three months, Ombudsman for Children’s Office and the Courts Service will be working together on a project that aims to strengthen awareness and understanding among separating parents of key aspects of District Family ...
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- 21 February 2013
- Type: Statement
Irish Times Opinion Piece – Law must enshrine child’s right to birth information
Read the Irish Times Opinion Piece by the Ombudsman for Children – Read the Irish Times Opinion Piece by the Ombudsman for Children – Law must enshrine child’s birth right to information
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- 12 November 2012
- Type: Statement
- Topic: Family Law
Statement of the Ombudsman for Children on the endorsement of the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution by the People
“As Ombudsman for Children, I have been calling for an amendment to the Constitution to give greater protection to the rights of the child since my Office was established. In each of my submissions to the ...