I would like to thank the Chairman for the invitation to meet with the Committee this morning. After working for nearly twenty years as a psychologist, the majority of it spent in the area of child protection, and two and…
The European Committee of Social Rights has today ruled that Ireland and Slovenia are in violation of the European Social Charter because all corporal punishment of children is not prohibited. The decision of the European Committee of Social Rights is…
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Listen back to Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon on RTÉ Radio News At One discussing the publication of his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) & ‘A Word from the Wise’ Click here…
The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has published his Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Dr. Muldoon submitted his Report to the Committee in April and will meet with the UN Committee at a…
Op Ed for the Irish Times, by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon As Ombudsman for Children I often return to the question posed by Eleanor Roosevelt, at an event held at the UN in New York, during the tenth…
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office currently has a vacancy for the role of Director of Investigations. Full details can be found here: http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/campaignAdvert/18972.htm Director of Investigations Booklet: http://www.publicjobs.ie/publicjobs/campaignAdvert/18972/booklet.htm Applications should be made online through www.publicjobs.ie by 28th May 2015
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office has welcomed the publication today of the Report from the Dáil Joint Committee on Public Service, Oversight and Petitions (PSOP) which recommends that the remit of the Ombudsman for Children be extended to cover all…