Child protection

Advice on the Heads of the Children First Bill 2012 & the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 - June 2012

Read Emily's speech to the Oireachtas Health Committee on OCO's Advice on Children First here

Advice on the Scheme of the National Vetting Bureau Bill 2011 - December 2011

Report to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children on Complaints about Child Protection - January 2006

In May 2010 the Ombudsman for Children published an investigation statement on the implementation of Children First: National Guidelines on the Protection and Welfare of Children. This report is the result of an investigation launched by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office in November 2008 into the implementation of Children First: National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children by the Health Service Executive (HSE), and the monitoring of this implementation by the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The investigation was conducted in accordance with Section 10 of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002, which provides that the Ombudsman for Children may conduct an investigation of her own volition.