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  • September 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: OCO info

  Annual Report 2019

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is required under law to submit to the Oireachtas an Annual Report on the performance of our functions. The Annual Report is a comprehensive report on our activities throughout the preceding ...

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  • August 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Financial Statements – 2018

  Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2018

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  • August 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Financial Statements – 2017

  Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2017

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  • August 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Protected Disclosure Annual Report – 2019

  Annual Report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014

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  • August 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Protected Disclosure Annual Report – 2018

  Annual Report of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office under the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014

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  • June 2020
  • Type: Submission
  • Topic: Youth justice

  OCO submission on the draft new Youth Justice Strategy 2020-2026

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office has made a submission to the Department of Justice and Equality on the draft new Youth Justice Strategy 2020-2026. The OCO welcomes publication of the draft Strategy and the public consultation ...

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  • June 2020
  • Type: Report

  Pathways to Irish Citizenship

  The findings of a new research paper entitled Pathways to Irish Citizenship has highlighted the lengthy and complex road to citizenship for non-national and non-citizen children in Ireland. The paper, which was commissioned by the Ombudsman ...

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  • February 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Child protection

  Ombudsman for Children’s Office Child Protection Policy and Procedures 2020

  Children and young people, and the adults who care for them, need to be confident that the OCO can provide a safe environment. Our Child Protection Policy sets out our approach to providing such an environment. ...

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  • January 2020
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Children in care, Disability

  Molly Two Years On

  In 2018 the Ombudsman for Children’s Office published Molly’s case, a report detailing a complaint we received about a child with a disability who is in foster care. We are returning to this case for the ...

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  • January 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records

  Submissions for Irish Language Scheme

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) is preparing an Irish language Scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003. It is proposed that this Scheme will run for three years from February 2020. This scheme ...