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• December 2025
• Type: Report
• Topic: Disability, Housing, Immigration, LGBTQ+

OCO Survey on Extremism, Discrminiation and Gender Roles

Discrimination, extremism and ‘traditional’ gender roles all on the radar for young people in new survey from the OCO   25% say their friends have views that some people would consider extreme 64% of students associate ...

• December 2025
• Type: Research
• Topic: Disability, Housing, Immigration, LGBTQ+

Antoisceachas, Idirdhealú agus Róil Inscne

Tá daoine óga breá eolach ar leithcheal, ar antoisceachas agus ar róil ‘thraidisiúnta’ inscne de réir suirbhé nua ó Oifig an Ombudsman do Leanaí (OOL)  Deir 25% acu go bhfuil dearcthaí ag a gcairde a shílfeadh ...

• November 2025
• Type: Report
• Topic: Children in care, Criminal justice

Young Lives at Risk Research Project

The OCO’s Young Lives at Risk research project aims to identify and address gaps in policy and services for Ireland’s most vulnerable children and young people. The 12-month project which began in 2025 focuses on the ...

• October 2025
• Type: Report
• Topic: Online

Audience Perspectives on Harmful and Offensive Media Content

Audience Perspectives on Harmful and Offensive Media Content is research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán and the Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO), with the Ombudsman for Children’s Office designing and facilitating the focus groups for children. ...

• October 2025
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records

Quarter 3 2025 Prompt Payments

• October 2025
• Type: Finance/OCO records
• Topic: Finance/OCO records

OCO Prompt over €20k Q3 2025

• September 2025
• Type: Report
• Topic: Youth justice

OCO AI and Us Young people’s views and understanding of Artificial Intelligence

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office have published AI and US a report from the OCO Youth Advisory Panel. Children and young people are the generation that will be heavily impacted by AI so it’s really important ...

• September 2025
• Type: Report

OCO AI Policy Spotlight report

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) is placing a spotlight on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the implications of it for children and their rights. Children are likely to be the group most impacted by AI, with ...

• 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 ...