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  • 9 March 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children calls for review of Child Protection Services

  A review of child protection services must be undertaken as a matter of priority in order to protect vulnerable young people and their families, Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, told the Oireachtas Committee on ...

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  • 24 January 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Constitution Committee’s recommendations a retrograde step

  The failure of the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution to recommend that express rights for children be included in the Constitution is a retrograde step in strengthening and protecting children’s rights. This means that children ...

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  • 20 November 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  Universal Children’s Day

  Fresh call to include children’s rights in Constitution by Ombudsman for Children on Universal Children’s Day Almost 1/3 population without adequate rights. To mark Universal Children’s Day (Sunday, 20th November), Emily Logan, Ireland’s first Ombudsman for ...

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  • 25 October 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the Ferns’ Inquiry Report

  Serious issues about child protection are raised in today’s report. While it deals with matters that took place between 1960s to 1980s, I have real concerns that as a society, we may not have yet learned ...

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  • 8 September 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children welcomes Suicide Prevention Strategy

  Emily Logan, the Ombudsman for Children, has welcomed the Suicide Prevention Strategy, published today and in particular the new National Office for Suicide Prevention, to be set up immediately by the HSE. Emily said: “I will ...

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  • 5 September 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  President McAleese opens Ombudsman for Children’s new Office as demand for OCO services rockets

  75% increase in complaints to Ombudsman for Children’s Office since May The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, will officially open the new premises of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) today (Saturday). This will complete the ...

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  • 16 August 2005
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  Logan attends first meeting of British and Irish Network of Ombudsman and Commissioners for Children

  BINOCC collectively protects rights of 14 million children Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, will join her British counterparts for the first ever meeting of the British and Irish Network of Ombudsman and Commissioners for ...

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  • 28 June 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  Restrictions in Ombudsman for Children legislation means not all children are treated equally

  Hundreds of children and families already avail of services by Ombudsman for Children’s Office Despite the hundreds of children and families helped to date, the Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has expressed serious concerns about the ...

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  • 8 June 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement on the ruling by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Social Rights

  Statement on the ruling by the Council of Europe’s European Committee of Social Rights that Ireland’s failure to ban corporal punishment of children is a breach of our international human rights obligations The decision of the ...

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  • 22 May 2005
  • Type: Statement

  Early Intervention and young people’s participation is needed to overhaul mental health sector

  “A radical overhaul of mental health services for adolescents and children is urgently needed and should include measures such as early detection of difficulties for children and the participation of young people in decisions that affect ...