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  • 14 October 2011
  • Type: Speech, Statement

  Speech by the Ombudsman for Children to the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

  Read speech by the Ombudsman for Children to the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health here

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  • 11 October 2011
  • Type: Statement

  Presentation by Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, to the Joint Oireachtas Investigations, Oversight and Petitions Committee

  OCOPresentationtoIOPCommitteeOctober11

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  • 30 September 2011
  • Type: Statement

  Contribution by the Ombudsman for Children to Amnesty’s In Plain Sight report

  Contribution by the Ombudsman for Children to Amnesty International Ireland’s report ‘In Plain Sight’ – Read ‘Children’s Rights and the Constitution’ here

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  • 31 August 2011
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Housing

  Ombudsman for Children seeking the views of homeless children

  Children’s Ombudsman, Emily Logan, has today (Wednesday) announced that her Office will be seeking the views of homeless children in order to understand their experiences of homelessness and crisis intervention services. The Ombudsman for Children is ...

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  • 13 July 2011
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Child Protection

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the publication of the Commission of Investigation Report into the Diocese of Cloyne

  The significance of the Commission of Investigation Report into the Diocese of Cloyne is the contemporary nature of the abuse it documents and the failure of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Cloyne to report ...

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  • 1 June 2011
  • Type: Press Release

  Austin Currie launches Ombudsman for Children’s 2010 Annual Report

  1,223 complaints dealt with in 2010 In-depth advice given on significant pieces of legislation Voices of children in St Patrick’s prison harnessed to bring about change Civil rights activist and former Minister of State, Austin Currie, ...

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  • 1 June 2011
  • Type: Press Release

  Seolann Austin Currie Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2010 an Ombudsman do Leanaí

  Láimhseáil Oifig an Ombudsman do Leanaí 1,223 gearán i 2010 Mionchomhairle tugtha ar reachtaíocht shuntasach Guthanna dhaoine óga i bpríosún Naomh Pádraig tugtha chun solais ar mhaite le h-athruithe a thabhairt i gcrích sa phríosún Tá ...

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  • 20 April 2011
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Family Law

  Ombudsman for Children calls on Government to put children and families at the centre of public sector reform

  Justice Catherine McGuinness launches Ombudsman for Children Investigations’ report A review of investigations undertaken by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, launched today (Wednesday) by Justice Catherine McGuinness, highlights the lack of awareness about the impact of public ...

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  • 18 April 2011
  • Type: Statement

  Irish Times Opinion Piece – Rights of children a key issue in applying best practice to inter-country adoption

  Read the Irish Times opinion piece by the Ombudsman for Children –IRights of children a key issue in applying best practice to inter-country adoption

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  • 23 February 2011
  • Type: Speech, Statement

  Speech by the Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, at the Royal College of Surgeons Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research

  “Promoting Patient Centred Care in Times of Change – the Challenge for Nurses and Midwives” Speech by the Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, at the Royal College of Surgeons Annual International Nursing and Midwifery Research Conference ...