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• September 2025
• Type: Submission

Observations on the General Scheme of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2024

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) has made a submission on the General Scheme of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2024, which proposes a series of amendments to the Children Act 2001. The OCO welcomes the general ...

• September 2025
• Type: Report

One Size Does Not Fit All, a report on phone bans in schools and children’s rights with the OCO Youth Advisory Panel

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) published One Size Does Not Fit All– a report on phone bans in schools and children’s rights with the OCO’s Youth Advisory Panel (YAP). As well as presenting the views of ...

• July 2025
• Type: Finance/OCO records

OCO Financial Statements 2024

• July 2025
• Type: Finance/OCO records

OCO Payments over €20,000 for Q2 2025

• July 2025
• Type: Finance/OCO records

OCO Prompt Payments Returns for Q2 2025

• June 2025
• Type: Submission

OCO submission on the International Protection Bill 2025

The OCO has made a submission on the General Scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025. This piece of work builds on the Office’s detailed submission on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and Ireland’s ...

• June 2025
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Family law

OCO submissions on the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025

The OCO has made a submission on the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025. This piece of legislation seeks to close a loophole whereby a parent convicted of killing another parent retains guardianship of their child ...

• May 2025

2024 Annual Report ‘Tomorrow Start’s With Us’

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) continued to receive a high volume of complaints about children’s public services last year, with 1,772 contacts about complaints made to the Office. The OCO’s Annual Report for 2024 Tomorrow Starts with Us shows the complaints are becoming more complex, with ...

• May 2025
• Type: Report

OCO Strategic Plan 2025-2027 Our Path Forward

Our Path Forward 2025-2027 is significant as it comes following the office’s 20th Anniversary in 2024. This strategy is a response to a rapidly changing socio-political and economic landscape. It recognises the progress that has been ...

• May 2025
• Type: Report

Children’s Rights Briefing Papers for Legislators, Civil and Public Servants

The OCO has produced briefing papers on individual children’s rights to increase awareness and understanding of children’s rights. These briefing papers can be used by anyone to improve their knowledge of children’s rights. However, we hope ...