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  • 22 May 2015
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children publishes his Report to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

  The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has published his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.  Dr. Muldoon submitted his Report to the Committee in April and will meet with the ...

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  • 22 May 2015
  • Type: Video & Audio

  Ombudsman says child poverty target ‘unacceptably high’

  View the article and video on RTE.ie

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  • 22 May 2015
  • Type: Video & Audio

  Dr. Niall Muldoon on RTÉ Radio News At One discussing the publication of his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) & ‘A Word from the Wise’

  Listen back to Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon on RTÉ Radio News At One discussing the publication of his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) & ‘A Word from ...

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  • 22 May 2015
  • Type: Speech

  Bringing children’s rights closer to home

  Op Ed for the Irish Times, by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon As Ombudsman for Children I often return to the question posed by Eleanor Roosevelt, at an event held at the UN in New ...

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  • 8 May 2015
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children’s Office looking to hire a Director of Investigations

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office currently has a vacancy for the role of Director of Investigations. Full details can be found here: http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/campaignAdvert/18972.htm Director of Investigations Booklet: http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/campaignAdvert/18972/booklet.htm Applications should be made online through www.publicjobs.ie by 28th May 2015

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  • 7 May 2015
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Immigration

  Ombudsman for Children’s Office welcomes PSOP Committee call to extend remit in relation to Direct Provision

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office has welcomed the publication today of the Report from the Dáil Joint Committee on Public Service, Oversight and Petitions (PSOP) which recommends that the remit of the Ombudsman for Children be ...

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  • 28 April 2015
  • Type: Statement
  • Topic: Health

  Children’s Ombudsman welcomes legislation amendment to ensure adopted children have same right to health insurance

  Read the Sunday Business Post article titled “Varadkar closes health cover loophole” – 12th April 2015

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  • 27 April 2015
  • Type: Video & Audio

  Interview with the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon on News2Day

  Look back at the interview with the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon on News2Day on Tuesday 21st April 2015.  Nick Sheridan interviewed Niall as part of their 1-2-1 series, in which they interviewed public figures ...

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  • 24 April 2015
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Family Law

  Ombudsman for Children welcomes Supreme Court judgment on the validity of the Children’s Rights Referendum

  Speaking following today’s unanimous decision of the Supreme Court to dismiss an appeal relating to the referendum on the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution, held in November 2012, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon said: ...

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  • 16 April 2015
  • Type: Speech

  A Rights-Based Approach to addressing Food Poverty among Children

  Speech by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, at the Healthy Food for All Towards a National Response to Food Poverty for Children and Young People in Ireland National Conference It is a pleasure for ...