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  • 3 November 2015
  • Type: Press Release

  Official Languages Act 2003 / Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003

  AIGHNEACHTAÍ Á LORG ACHT NA dTEANGACHA OIFIGIÚLA 2003 DRÉACHTSCÉIM Á hULLMHÚ AG OIFIG AN OMBUDSMAN DO LEANAÍ Tá sé i gceist ag Oifig an Omudsman do Leanaí scéim a dhréachtú de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla ...

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  • 21 October 2015
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Child Protection

  Ombudsman welcomes the decision to abolish the Defence of Reasonable Chastisement

  Dr Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children has welcomed the decision by the Minister for The Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. James Reilly, to introduce an amendment to the Children First Bill removing the last remaining ...

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  • 24 September 2015
  • Type: Speech

  Promoting and Safeguarding Children’s Rights and Welfare

  Convention on the Rights of the Child 25 years in Portugal Strengthening the Commitment Lisbon, 24th September 2015 Promoting and Safeguarding Children’s Rights and Welfare: The Experience of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office in Ireland by Dr Niall ...

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  • 24 September 2015
  • Type: Press Release

  Dr Niall Muldoon: Promoting and Safeguarding Children’s Rights and Welfare: The Experience of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office in Ireland

  At an international Convention on the Rights of the Child 25 years in Portugal  Lisbon, 24th September 2015: Dr. Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children, addressed a Convention on the Rights of the Child: 25 years ...

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  • 7 August 2015
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Children in Care, Housing

  Children’s Ombudsman Highlights Gaps in the Oversight of Children’s Residential Centres

  An investigation by the Ombudsman for Children found significant gaps in the approach to registering, inspecting and monitoring of children’s residential centres which are run by private and voluntary agencies. He has recommended that the inspection ...

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  • 24 July 2015
  • Type: Statement

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon encouraging implementation of recommendations of the Working Group on the Protection Process

  Dr. Niall Muldoon stated today that it is commendable that the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Minister of State with special responsibility for New Communities, Culture and Equality established a Working Group in October ...

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  • 2 July 2015
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children welcomes the Report of the Working Group on the Protection Process

  The Ombudsman for Children Office welcomes the publication this week of the Report of the Working Group on the Protection Process. Established in October 2014 by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD, ...

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  • 5 June 2015
  • Type: Press Release

  European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) “Austerity Bites: Children’s Voices” exhibition is currently on display at the Council of Europe

  The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) links independent offices for children from countries in Europe. Its aims are to encourage the fullest possible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the ...

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  • 28 May 2015
  • Type: Speech

  Presentation by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

  I would like to thank the Chairman for the invitation to meet with the Committee this morning. After working for nearly twenty years as a psychologist, the majority of it spent in the area of child ...

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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 ...