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• February 2026
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Child protection

OCO amendments to the International Protection Bill 2026

The International Protection Bill 2026 is moving through the Oireachtas at pace, with Committee Stage due to commence next Wednesday, 18 February. As drafted, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) is concerned the legislation does not ...

• February 2026
• Type: Report

OCO’s Protected Disclosures Annual Report 2025

In accordance with section 22 of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022, public bodies, prescribed persons and the Protected Disclosures Commissioner must issue a report on protected disclosures to the Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform. ...

• February 2026
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Health

OCO Submission on the Evaluation of the Hot School Meals Programme

The OCO is concerned at the lack of ongoing independent monitoring of the nutritional content of the hot school meals. While we welcome the work that is currently being undertaken by a dietician to review the ...

• January 2026
• Type: Finance/OCO records

OCO Payments made over €20,000 Q4 2025

• January 2026
• Type: Finance/OCO records

OCO Prompt Payments Q4 2025

• January 2026
• Type: Submission
• Topic: Child Care, Children in care

OCO Submission on the Draft Child Care (Amendment Bill) 2025

We welcome the inclusion of guiding principles in section 10 of the draft Bill which will introduce a new section 11A into the 1991 Act. However, we continue to believe that this section could be strengthened ...

• January 2026
• Type: Submission

OCO Submission: Regulation of Online Platforms

The OCO have made a number of submissions to the Department of Communications and Coimisiún na Mean online safety, primarily in response to the development of Ireland’s first online safety code. The OCO promotes the adoption ...

• January 2026
• Type: Submission

Ombudsman for Children’s Office 2025 FOI Disclosure Log

• December 2025
• Type: Submission

OCO Submission to the MHC Consultation on the Development of National Standards for CAMHS

OCO Submission to the MHC Consultation on the Development of National Standards for CAMHS We have prepared this submission pursuant to section 7(1)(b) of the 2002 Act, which provides for the Ombudsman for Children to encourage ...

• December 2025
• Type: Report, Research, Views of young people
• Topic: Disability, Housing, Immigration, LGBTQ+

OCO Survey on Extremism, Discrminiation and Gender Roles

Discrimination, extremism and ‘traditional’ gender roles all on the radar for young people in new survey from the OCO   25% say their friends have views that some people would consider extreme 64% of students associate ...