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  • 4 July 2009
  • Type: Press Release

  Logan to promote Irish Ombudsman for Children model in Turkey

  Children’s Ombudsman, Emily Logan, travels to Ankara today (Monday), at the invitation of UNICEF in Turkey. In collaboration with the Turkish Bar Association, UNICEF has organised an awareness raising week on ‘Independent Child Ombudsman’. The main ...

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  • 30 June 2009
  • Type: Statement

  Presentation to the Joint Committee on Health and Children

  Read the presentation by the Ombudsman for Children to the Joint Committee on Health and Children here

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  • 9 June 2009
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement on the investigation into the handling of the child protection Audit…

  Statement on the investigation into the handling of the child protection Audit of Catholic Church Dioceses by the HSE and the Department of Health 09/06/09 The Ombudsman for Children’s Office has written to the HSE to ...

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  • 27 May 2009
  • Type: Statement

  Statement on the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

  The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse documents gross, systemic, and widespread violations of the rights of children placed in institutions in Ireland during the period 1936 to 2000. As Ombudsman for Children ...

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  • 22 May 2009
  • Type: Statement

  Opinion article by the Ombudsman for Children for the Irish Daily Mail

  Read Opinion piece by the Ombudsman for Children for the Irish Daily Mail here

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  • 17 May 2009
  • Type: Statement

  Opinion article by the Ombudsman for Children for the Sunday Business Post

  Read the Ombudsman for Children opinion piece in the Sunday Business Post here – ‘Consistency needed for dealing with child death’

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  • 8 May 2009
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the suspended investigation into the handling of the child protection Audit of Catholic Church Dioceses by the HSE and the Department of Health A meeting took place at the ...

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  • 6 May 2009
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children suspends investigation into the handling of the Child Protection Audit…

  Ombudsman for Children suspends investigation into the handling of the Child Protection Audit of the Catholic Church Dioceses by the HSE and the Department of Health The Ombudsman for Children has said today (Wednesday) that she ...

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  • 5 May 2009
  • Type: Press Release

  Periodic update on the Ombudsman for Children’s national investigation into child protection

  Statement Periodic update on the Ombudsman for Children’s national investigation into child protection On 20th November 2008, the Ombudsman for Children announced a systemic investigation into the implementation of Children First: National Guidelines for the Protection ...

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  • 20 April 2009
  • Type: Press Release

  Children’s Ombudsman announces Separated Children project

  Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has today (Monday) announced an independent consultation with Separated Children who have come to Ireland without their parents on the circumstances in which they are living in the care of the ...