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

  Submissions for Irish Language Scheme

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) is preparing an Irish language Scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003. It is proposed that this Scheme will run for three years from February 2020. This scheme ...

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  • December 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  OCO Freedom of Information Publication Scheme

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office’s Freedom of Information Publication Scheme is designed to allow the provision of information to the greatest extent possible, except for information exempted under or outside the FOI Act. Details on publication ...

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  • October 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Freedom of Information Act

  The Freedom of Information Act 1997 (FOI Act) as amended by the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 obliged government departments, the Health Service Executive (HSE), local authorities and a range of other public bodies to publish information on their ...

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  • October 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Ombudsman for Children Act 2002

  The Ombudsman for Children Act, which sets out the role and powers of this Office, was agreed by the Dáil and the Seanad in 2002.

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  • October 2019
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Adoption

  OCO Submission on the review of the potential introduction of open or semi-open adoption in Ireland

  The Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) is undertaking a review of the potential introduction of open or semi-open adoption in Ireland for adopted children under the age of 18 years. The Ombudsman for Children’s ...

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  • June 2019
  • Type: Submission

  Homelessness is a real children’s issue – Ombudsman for Children

  The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs today (Wednesday) to discuss the OCO’s No Place Like Home report and how homelessness is affecting children. Speaking following his appearance ...

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  • June 2019
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Immigration

  Submission to Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality: Examination of Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process

  The Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality (Committee) invited stakeholders and interested parties to make written submissions on Direct Provision and the international protection application process. Following clarification of the OCO’s complaints remit in 2017, the ...

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  • May 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records, Report
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records, OCO info

  Annual Report 2018

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is required under law to submit to the Oireachtas an Annual Report on the performance of our functions. The Annual Report is a comprehensive report on our activities throughout the preceding ...

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  • May 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Strategic Plan 2019-2021

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office Strategic Plan 2019-2021 builds on the very positive work that has taken place over the past three years. It sets out our plan to continue to work to raise awareness of ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Data Protection, Online

  OCO Submission on processing children’s personal data and their rights as data subjects under GDPR

  In December 2018, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched a public consultation on the processing of children’s personal data and the rights of children as data subjects under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In January ...