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The OCO library brings together our policy submissions and advice to Government, OCO strategies, reports, investigation statements, financial information and more.
Latest Releases - Type: Research
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- September 2021
- Type: Research
- Topic: Online
Digital Voices: Progressing children’s right to be heard through social and digital media
Digital Voices: Progressing children’s right to be heard through social and digital media is new research carried out by the Technological University Dublin for the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO). Digital Voices investigates opportunities to mobilise ...
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- March 2021
- Type: Research
- Topic: Criminal justice, Disability, Education, Mental health, OCO info
Mind The Gap: Research on barriers to the realisation of rights of children with disabilities in Ireland.
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office in conjunction with the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway have launched Mind The Gap, research into the barriers facing children with disabilities in Ireland. Our research found ...
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- November 2013
- Type: Research
- Topic: Health
Child Friendly Healthcare
Since 2006, there have been a number of notable public policy developments concerning children’s healthcare in Ireland. Notwithstanding such developments, there is still neither a statutory basis nor a national policy framework dedicated to children’s healthcare ...
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- May 2013
- Type: Research
- Topic: Children in care, Education
Education of children in care in Ireland: An exploratory study
In 2007, we published baseline research on the principal barriers facing children in Ireland in the achievement of their rights. Children in care were one of several groups of children identified as facing multiple obstacles to ...
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- May 2007
- Type: Research
Barriers to the Realisation of Children’s Rights in Ireland
This research was commissioned in 2006 by the Ombudsman for Children as a baseline research study concerning children’s rights in Ireland. Its objective is to identify the principal obstacles children and young people face with regard ...