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The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office had been fully operational for nearly 8 years and in that time we had the opportunity to reflect on the aspects of the 2002 Act that function well and those that could benefit from being enhanced or amended.<\/p>\n

The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s annual reports to the Oireachtas have also consistently highlighted certain deficiencies in the 2002 Act, particularly with respect to the Office\u2019s investigatory remit. In addition to reiterating these long-standing concerns, this report sets out a number of additional aspects of the 2002 Act that could benefit from amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","resource_type":[10],"resource_topic":[],"class_list":["post-978","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry","resource_type-report"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nA report by the Ombudsman for Children on the operation of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002 - 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\/report-ombudsman-children-operation-ombudsman-children-act-2002\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A report by the Ombudsman for Children on the operation of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002 - Ombudsman for Children\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office had been fully operational for nearly 8 years and in that time we had the opportunity to reflect on the aspects of the 2002 Act that function well and those that ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/library\/report-ombudsman-children-operation-ombudsman-children-act-2002\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-01-09T12:31:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OCO_ireland\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/report-ombudsman-children-operation-ombudsman-children-act-2002\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/report-ombudsman-children-operation-ombudsman-children-act-2002\\\/\",\"name\":\"A report by the Ombudsman for Children on the operation of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002 - Ombudsman for Children\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.oco.ie\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-03-02T09:54:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-01-09T12:31:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/report-ombudsman-children-operation-ombudsman-children-act-2002\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ga-IE\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/report-ombudsman-children-operation-ombudsman-children-act-2002\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.oco.ie\\\/ga\\\/library\\\/report-ombudsman-children-operation-ombudsman-children-act-2002\\\/#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\":\"A report by the Ombudsman for Children on the operation of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002\"}]},{\"@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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