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  • 15 October 2012
  • Type: Speech, Statement

  Speech by the Ombudsman for Children at the IHRC & Law Society Human Rights Conference

  Speech by the Ombudsman for Children at the IHRC & Law Society Human Rights Conference This is a very exciting time for children’s rights in Ireland as we approach November 10th, 2012, the day on which ...

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  • 9 October 2012
  • Type: Press Release

  Children’s Ombudsman Launches Annual Report

  Complaints rise by 22% in 2011 Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, used the occasion of the publication of her annual report today (Tuesday) to acknowledge the contribution made by many individuals within the public sector to ...

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  • 19 September 2012
  • Type: Statement

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the publication of the wording for the children’s rights referendum

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the publication of the wording for the children’s rights referendum The Ombudsman for Children’s Office has been calling for stronger protection for children’s rights in the Irish Constitution since ...

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  • 18 September 2012
  • Type: Statement

  Irish Times Opinion Piece – Amendment can advance children’s position in the State

  I think it is worth reminding ourselves at this time of the contemporary and positive news in relation to children in Ireland. As many jurisdictions are consumed by the global recession and Ireland faces its own ...

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  • 12 June 2012
  • Type: Speech, Statement

  Speech by Emily Logan to the Oireachtas Health Committee on the Heads of the Children First Bill

  Read the Ombudsman for Children’s speech to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children re. the Heads of the Children First Bill. Speech on draft Heads of Children First Bill Read the Ombudsman for Children’s Advice ...

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  • 12 April 2012
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Housing

  Vulnerability of Homeless Children comes through in their own words

  “When you’re in care for that first time, you’re all over the place … and … one thing that needs to stay the same is the place you stay in … You get depressed over it ...

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  • 29 March 2012
  • Type: Press Release

  Children’s Ombudsman formally seeks changes to Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002 to ensure greater protection for all children

  Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has today (Thursday) submitted a formal report, in accordance with her statutory mandate, to the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Minister for Children seeking changes to the legislation that governs ...

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  • 7 March 2012
  • Type: Statement

  Presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education

  Click here to read the Ombudsman for Children’s presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education on education issues

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  • 21 January 2012
  • Type: Speech, Statement

  Speech by Emily Logan at Medico-Legal Society of Ireland’s inaugural Academic Day

  Read the Ombudsman for Children’s speech on the best interests of the child at the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland’s inaugural Academic Day

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  • 5 January 2012
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Child Protection, Education, Family Law

  Government must report to UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on key children’s rights issues

  Key children’s rights and welfare issues such as the continued detention of children in St Patrick’s Prison, child death, child protection, corporal punishment and children’s rights in the Constitution must be addressed in the State’s overdue ...