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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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- 22 June 2010
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Health
Children’s Ombudsman outlines her concerns on new Health (Amendment) Bill 2010
Children’s Ombudsman uses unique statutory powers to outline concerns in Advice submitted to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Read OCO’s Advice on the Health (Amendment) Bill here On 8 March 2010, the Minister for ...
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- 28 May 2010
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Family Law
Children’s Ombudsman calls for clarity on the application of the ‘in camera’ rule
Ombudsman for Children urges Taoiseach to examine application of ‘in camera’ rule as part of legislative change ‘In camera’ rule as currently interpreted can shield institutions from scrutiny and is not acting in the best interests ...
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- 11 May 2010
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Child Protection
Children’s Ombudsman publishes investigation report on the implementation of Children First
This report is the result of an investigation launched by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office in November 2008 into the implementation of Children First: National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children by the Health ...
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- 16 February 2010
- Type: Statement
- Topic: Family Law
Statement on the report by the Joint Committee on Constitutional Amendment on Children
Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the publication of the report by the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children Today represents a new beginning in terms of the relationship between the Irish State ...
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- 15 February 2010
- Type: Statement
Statement on investigation into implementation of Children First
Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on her investigation into the implementation of Children First: National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children The Ombudsman for Children has completed her investigation into the implementation of ...
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- 19 November 2009
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Immigration
Inferior care for separated children must stop
Separated children who have come to Ireland without their parents are not receiving adequate support from the State and are dealing with an asylum process that doesn’t take into account their age or vulnerability, according to ...
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- 12 October 2009
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Disability, Housing
Children’s Ombudsman calls for consideration of children with special needs in housing policy
Poor housing, long delays, lack of communication rank highly in complaints to OCO OCO report makes recommendations, urges action from local authorities and Government Download the report ‘A review of complaints on behalf of children with ...
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- 21 August 2009
- Type: Speech
- Topic: Child Protection, Children in Care, Youth Justice
Children as citizens: the public policy challenge
Speech by Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan at the Merriman Summer School In an orphanage in Warsaw in the early part of the twentieth century a man named Janusz Korczak, a paediatric doctor, created an environment ...
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- 21 August 2009
- Type: Speech, Statement
Speech by Emily Logan at the Merriman Summer School
Read the Ombudsman for Children’s speech at the Merriman Summer School – Children as Citizens:the Public Policy Challenge
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- 16 July 2009
- Type: Press Release
Children need and deserve a distinct and independent Ombudsman for Children
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office understands that the report of An Bord Snip Nua (the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes) contains a proposal to merge the Ombudsman for Children’s Office with other ...