{"id":11000,"date":"2025-05-22T06:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/?post_type=library&#038;p=11000"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:05:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:05:25","slug":"2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\u00a0(OCO)\u00a0continued to receive a high volume of\u00a0complaints\u00a0about children\u2019s public services last year,\u00a0with 1,772 contacts about complaints made\u00a0to the Office. The OCO\u2019s Annual Report for 2024\u00a0<em>Tomorrow Starts with Us <\/em>shows\u00a0the\u00a0complaints are\u00a0becoming\u00a0more complex, with almost one in\u00a0five\u00a0relating to\u00a0more than one agency,\u00a0and a third relating to multiple categories of concern. Education remains the most complained about issue\u00a0to the OCO\u00a0at 33%, followed by\u00a0Tusla\u00a0(19%) and\u00a0complaints about\u00a0children\u2019s\u00a0health\u00a0services\u00a0(15%), including a lack of access to Assessment of Need.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-11000","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019 - 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\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019 - Ombudsman for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\u00a0(OCO)\u00a0continued to receive a high volume of\u00a0complaints\u00a0about children\u2019s public services last year,\u00a0with 1,772 contacts about complaints made\u00a0to the Office. The OCO\u2019s Annual Report for 2024\u00a0Tomorrow Starts with Us shows\u00a0the\u00a0complaints are\u00a0becoming\u00a0more complex, with ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/\" \/>\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=\"2025-09-08T16:05:25+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\\\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\\\/\",\"name\":\"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019 - Ombudsman for Children\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-22T05:04:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-08T16:05:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\\\/#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\":\"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019\"}]},{\"@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. The service is free and independent.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/oco.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/oco.png\",\"width\":228,\"height\":78,\"caption\":\"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/OCOIreland\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OCO_ireland\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ombudsmanforchildren\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/OCOIreland\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019 - Ombudsman for Children","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/","og_locale":"ga_IE","og_type":"article","og_title":"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019 - Ombudsman for Children","og_description":"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\u00a0(OCO)\u00a0continued to receive a high volume of\u00a0complaints\u00a0about children\u2019s public services last year,\u00a0with 1,772 contacts about complaints made\u00a0to the Office. The OCO\u2019s Annual Report for 2024\u00a0Tomorrow Starts with Us shows\u00a0the\u00a0complaints are\u00a0becoming\u00a0more complex, with ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/","og_site_name":"Ombudsman for Children","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OCOIreland\/","article_modified_time":"2025-09-08T16:05:25+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@OCO_ireland","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/","url":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/","name":"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019 - Ombudsman for Children","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-05-22T05:04:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-08T16:05:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ga-IE","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/2024-annual-report-tomorrow-starts-with-us\/#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":"2024 Annual Report \u2018Tomorrow Start\u2019s With Us\u2019"}]},{"@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. The service is free and independent.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ga-IE"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#organization","name":"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office","url":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ga-IE","@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oco.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oco.png","width":228,"height":78,"caption":"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/preprod.oco.ie\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OCOIreland\/","https:\/\/x.com\/OCO_ireland","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ombudsmanforchildren\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/OCOIreland"]}]}},"spectra_custom_meta":{"_edit_lock":["1780666341:19"],"_wpml_word_count":["119"],"_wpml_location_migration_done":["1"],"_wp_old_date":["2025-09-08"],"_edit_last":["4"],"documents_0_document_title":["OCO Annual Report 2024 Tomorrow Starts with Us"],"_documents_0_document_title":["field_59fb055b2f9db"],"documents_0_document":["11001"],"_documents_0_document":["field_59fb06252f9dc"],"documents_0_document_url":[""],"_documents_0_document_url":["field_59fb33d397757"],"documents_1_document_title":["OCO Tuarasc\u00e1il Bhliant\u00fail 2024 Tosa\u00edonn an Todhcha\u00ed Linne"],"_documents_1_document_title":["field_59fb055b2f9db"],"documents_1_document":["11003"],"_documents_1_document":["field_59fb06252f9dc"],"documents_1_document_url":[""],"_documents_1_document_url":["field_59fb33d397757"],"documents":["2"],"_documents":["field_59fb03b22f9da"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["1"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_resource_type":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_resource_topic":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_uag_page_assets":["a:9:{s:3:\"css\";s:0:\"\";s:2:\"js\";s:0:\"\";s:18:\"current_block_list\";a:1:{i:0;s:14:\"core\/paragraph\";}s:8:\"uag_flag\";b:0;s:11:\"uag_version\";s:10:\"1786480919\";s:6:\"gfonts\";a:0:{}s:10:\"gfonts_url\";s:0:\"\";s:12:\"gfonts_files\";a:0:{}s:14:\"uag_faq_layout\";b:0;}"]},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false,"size_150x150":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"OCO","author_link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/author\/oco\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office\u00a0(OCO)\u00a0continued to receive a high volume of\u00a0complaints\u00a0about children\u2019s public services last year,\u00a0with 1,772 contacts about complaints made\u00a0to the Office. The OCO\u2019s Annual Report for 2024\u00a0Tomorrow Starts with Us shows\u00a0the\u00a0complaints are\u00a0becoming\u00a0more complex, with ...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library\/11000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}