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The issue of homeless children came to the attention of the OCO through our Complaints and Investigation function, and has been dealt with on a case by case basis and has been reported to the Oireachtas through previous annual reports.<\/p>\n

The decision to initiate a consultation with young people who have experienced homelessness was made in light of our positive obligations under Section 7 of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002 to consult with children and on the basis that an awareness of the first-hand experiences and corresponding perspectives of young people would strengthen the OCO\u2019s understanding of issues that can arise for children experiencing homelessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1026","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-report","resource_type-views-of-young-people","resource_topic-children-in-care","resource_topic-housing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHomeless Truths; Children\u2019s experiences of homelessness in Ireland - Ombudsman for Children<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/homeless-truths-childrens-experiences-homelessness-ireland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Homeless Truths; Children\u2019s experiences of homelessness in Ireland - Ombudsman for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The issue of homeless children came to the attention of the OCO through our Complaints and Investigation function, and has been dealt with on a case by case basis and has been reported to the Oireachtas ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/homeless-truths-childrens-experiences-homelessness-ireland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ombudsman for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OCOIreland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-01-09T12:40:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OCO_ireland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/homeless-truths-childrens-experiences-homelessness-ireland\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/homeless-truths-childrens-experiences-homelessness-ireland\\\/\",\"name\":\"Homeless Truths; Children\u2019s experiences of homelessness in Ireland - Ombudsman for Children\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-16T10:38:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-09T12:40:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/homeless-truths-childrens-experiences-homelessness-ireland\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/homeless-truths-childrens-experiences-homelessness-ireland\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/homeless-truths-childrens-experiences-homelessness-ireland\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Baile\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Library\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Homeless Truths; Children\u2019s experiences of homelessness in Ireland\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ombudsman for Children\",\"description\":\"The OCO investigates complaints about services provided to children by public organisations. 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