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  • 29 March 2021
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Disability, Education, Health

  Press release: #MindTheGap Children with disabilities often invisible, not heard and not counted

  Monday 29th March 2021   Mind the Gap: Research commissioned by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office and carried out by researchers at NUI Galway   Mind The Gap – research on the barriers to the realisation ...

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  • 25 March 2021
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Education

  Press release: #MoreThanSchool nationwide campaign

  A year after schools closed for the first time, and as the phased reopening of schools takes place, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is asking students to share what school means to them. We’ve heard from ...

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  • 12 March 2021
  • Topic: Education

  More than School

    School is not just about learning, it’s about friends, it’s about sport, it’s about being part of a community. We asked children and young people across the country to tell us how they felt about ...

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  • 17 February 2021

  Dr Niall Muldoon is Reappointed to Role of Ombudsman for Children

  The Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon has been formally re-appointed to his role for another term by the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman ...

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  • 5 January 2021
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Child Protection

  A statement by the Ombudsman for Children on possible closure of schools

  The Office for the Ombudsman for Children, (OCO) is today urging Cabinet to avoid a blanket closure of schools due to the disproportionately negative affect this will have on children with disabilities and children from disadvantaged ...

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  • 18 December 2020
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children’s Office publishes Irish Language Scheme 2020-2023

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office’s (OCO) second Irish Language Scheme is underway, which sees the organisation continue its commitment to providing increased Irish language services to the public for another three years. Following on from the ...

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  • 10 December 2020
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Child Protection

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents Life in Lockdown, a report on the views and experiences of children living in Direct Provision accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents Life in Lockdown, a report on the views and experiences of children living in Direct Provision accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Following on from our Direct Division report earlier this year, ...

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  • 26 November 2020
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Children in Care, Disability

  Ombudsman for Children launches report on Jack’s* Case: How the HSE and Tusla provided for and managed the care of a child with profound disabilities

  Jack’s Case: how the HSE and Tusla provided for and managed the care of a child with profound disabilities has been launched by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) today. The report details the OCO’s investigation ...

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  • 19 November 2020
  • Type: Press Release

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office To Celebrate World Children’s Day with Child Talks 2020

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) will mark World Children’s Day tomorrow, Friday the 20th of November, with a special online broadcast of Child Talks 2020. Child Talks is an annual Ted Talks style event that aims to elevate ...

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  • 15 October 2020
  • Type: Press Release
  • Topic: Health, Mental Health

  Ombudsman for Children Launches Unmet Needs: A Report on the Challenges Faced by Children in Ireland Who Require an Assessment of Their Needs

  The Ombudsman for Children has today launched Unmet Needs: A report on the challenges faced by children in Ireland who require an assessment of their needs. The report raises serious concerns about ongoing violations of the ...