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  • March 2021
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Education, Mental health

  OCO’s submission on school bullying and the impact on mental health

  In February 2021, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office made a submission to the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on ‘School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health’.

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  • March 2021
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Education

  OCO’s submission on the draft primary curriculum framework

  In January 2021, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office made a submission to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) in response to the NCCA’s consultation on the draft primary curriculum framework.

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  • March 2021
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Immigration

  OCO’s submission on the White Paper on international protection accommodation

  In November 2020, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office made a submission to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth about the White Paper on international protection accommodation.

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  • March 2021
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Children in care, OCO info

  OCO’s Review of the Child Care Act 1991

  In October 2020, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office submitted observations to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) about a range of proposals for amending the Child Care Act 1991 that have emerged ...

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  • March 2021
  • Type: Reports to the UN
  • Topic: OCO info

  OCO’s submission on Ireland’s Universal Periodic Review

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office Ireland is invited to submit to the 39th session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group Human Rights Council November 2021. This submission has been prepared in light of trends in ...

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  • January 2021
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Prompt Payments Q4 2020

  Prompt Payments Q4 2020

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  • December 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  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.

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  • December 2020
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Child protection

  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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  • November 2020
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Children in care

  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).  The report details the OCO’s investigation into ...

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  • November 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Prompt Payments Q1 2020

  Prompt Payments Q1 2020