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- 10 Meán Fomhair 2025
- Cineál: Preaseisiúint
Cosc ar fhóin i scoileanna – léirítear le taighde nua OCO an fáth nach n-oireann an toise céanna do gach duine
Foilseoidh Oifig an Ombudsman do Leanaí (OCO) Ní Oireann an Toise Céanna do Gach Duine – tuarascáil ar chosc ar fhóin i scoileanna agus ar chearta leanaí i gcomhar le Painéal Comhairleach na nÓige (YAP) de ...
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- 10 Meán Fomhair 2025
- Cineál: Preaseisiúint
Cosc ar fhóin i scoileanna - léirítear le taighde nua OCO an fáth nach n-oireann an toise céanna do gach duine
Foilseoidh Oifig an Ombudsman do Leanaí (OCO) Ní Oireann an Toise Céanna do Gach Duine - tuarascáil ar chosc ar fhóin i scoileanna agus ar chearta leanaí i gcomhar le Painéal Comhairleach na nÓige (YAP) de ...
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- 4 Meán Fomhair 2025
- Cineál: Ráiteas
Statement from the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon in relation to the disappearance and possible death of a child in North Dublin
“It is shocking that we are dealing with a situation where a child, who at one point was known to the Tusla, could have disappeared four years ago and is now presumed dead. “How could that ...
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- 14 Lúnasa 2025
- Cineál: Preaseisiúint
Children’s rights overlooked during the pandemic – Ombudsman for Children tells Independent Pandemic Evaluation Panel
The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, has today told the Independent Pandemic Evaluation Panel that children suffered disproportionately as a result of Covid measures implemented by the State during the pandemic, with their rights often ...
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- 25 Iúil 2025
- Cineál: Ráiteas
Ombudsman and Ombudsman for Children sign Memorandum of Understanding
On Thursday 24 July 2025 the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, and the Office of the Ombudsman, Ger Deering, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further their shared commitment towards working together as effectively ...
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- 23 Iúil 2025
- Cineál: Ráiteas
OCO statement on new online safety measures
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) has welcomed the new online age verification and parental control rules for video sharing platform providers being rolled out for children this week as a ‘first step’ toward keeping children ...
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- 27 Meitheamh 2025
- Cineál: Óraid
- Ábhar: Cosaint Leanaí, Leanaí faoi chúram, Míchumas, Tithíocht
Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality
Opening Statement by the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon Thursday, 26th June 2025 I thank the Chair and the Committee for inviting us to discuss Tomorrow Starts with Us; The Ombudsman for Children’s Office 2024 Annual ...
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- 25 Meitheamh 2025
- Cineál: Preaseisiúint
- Ábhar: Tithíocht
Ombudsman for Children to call for Child and Family Homelessness strategy at Oireachtas Housing Committee hearing
The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, will call for a child and family homelessness strategy to be put in place, with a focus on prevention, at a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and ...
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- 22 Bealtaine 2025
1,772 complaints to OCO in 2024 highlights need for children’s rights to be fully incorporated into Irish law
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 ...
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- 30 Aibreán 2025
- Cineál: Preaseisiúint
- Ábhar: Ceartas Óige
OCO successful in calls for Child Centred Justice in Irish courts as new measures brought in for child defendants
Following engagement with the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO), the Department of Justice has introduced a new court accompaniment service for child defendants, which is being rolled out in over 100 youth diversion projects across the ...