Note: All documents are in PDF format
For a hard copy of OCO Advice, Submissions or Reports please contact oco@oco.ie
Advice to Government
Report to the Oireachtas on the Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012 - October 2012
Advice on the Scheme of the National Vetting Bureau Bill 2011 - December 2011
Advice on the Criminal Justice (Withholding Information on Crimes Against Children and Vulnerable Adults) Bill 2011 - October 2011
Advice on the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 - August 2010
Advice on the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 - July 2010
Advice on the Health (Amendment) Bill 2010 - June 2010
Advice on the Adoption Bill 2009 - November 2009
Advice in relation to the Spent Convictions Bill 2007 (Private Members Bill) - March 2008 & June 2009
Advice on issues related to the manifestation of religious belief in schools - August 2008
Advice on the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill - March 2008
Advice on the General Scheme of Criminal Law (Trafficking in Persons & Sexual Offences) Bill - May 2007
Advice on the proposed referendum on children's rights - December 2006
Advice in relation to the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006 - June 2006
Advice on the proposed changes to the Children Act, 2001 - April 2006
Special Reports to Oireachtas
A report by the Ombudsman for Children on the operation of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002 - March 2012
Report to Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs & Joint Committee on European Affairs - June 2008
Report to the Oireachtas on the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2007 - March 2007
Report to Joint Committee on Health & Children on Complaints about Child Protection - January 2006
Submissions to Oireachtas
Submission to the Forum on Pluralism & Patronage - August 2011
Submission on Primary Medical Care in the Community - November 2008
Submission to the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children - February 2008
Submission on the National Action Plan Against Trafficking in Human Beings - January 2008
Submission to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education & Science re School Transport - March 2007
Submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Child Protection - August 2006
Submission to the Task Force on Student Behaviour - March 2005
Submission to the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution - January 2005
