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Releases from 2018-12-01 to 2021-12-31 - Type: Report

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  • June 2021
  • Type: Report

  2020 Childhood Paused – OCO Annual Report

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is required under law to submit to the Oireachtas an Annual Report on the performance of our functions. The Annual Report is a comprehensive report on our activities throughout the preceding ...

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  • April 2021
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Child protection

  Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision – An Investigation by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office

  Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision is the latest in a series of publications from the OCO on Direct Provision. Today’s investigation joins our Direct Division and Life in Lockdown reports which were published ...

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  • December 2020
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Child protection

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents Life in Lockdown, a report on the views and experiences of children living in Direct Provision accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office presents Life in Lockdown, a report on the views and experiences of children living in Direct Provision accommodation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Following on from our Direct Division report earlier this year, ...

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  • November 2020
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Children in care

  Ombudsman for Children launches report on Jack’s* Case: How the HSE and Tusla provided for and managed the care of a child with profound disabilities

  Jack’s Case: how the HSE and Tusla provided for and managed the care of a child with profound disabilities has been launched by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO).  The report details the OCO’s investigation into ...

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  • October 2020
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Child protection, Disability

  Ombudsman for Children Launches Unmet Needs: A Report on the Challenges Faced by Children in Ireland Who Require an Assessment of Their Needs

  The Ombudsman for Children has  launched Unmet Needs: A report on the challenges faced by children in Ireland who require an assessment of their needs. The report raises serious concerns about ongoing violations of the rights ...

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  • September 2020
  • Type: Finance/OCO records, Report
  • Topic: OCO info

  Annual Report 2019

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is required under law to submit to the Oireachtas an Annual Report on the performance of our functions. The Annual Report is a comprehensive report on our activities throughout the preceding ...

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  • June 2020
  • Type: Report

  Pathways to Irish Citizenship

  The findings of a new research paper entitled Pathways to Irish Citizenship has highlighted the lengthy and complex road to citizenship for non-national and non-citizen children in Ireland. The paper, which was commissioned by the Ombudsman ...

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  • January 2020
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Children in care, Disability

  Molly Two Years On

  In 2018 the Ombudsman for Children’s Office published Molly’s case, a report detailing a complaint we received about a child with a disability who is in foster care. We are returning to this case for the ...

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  • May 2019
  • Type: Finance/OCO records, Report
  • Topic: Finance/OCO records, OCO info

  Annual Report 2018

  The Ombudsman for Children’s Office is required under law to submit to the Oireachtas an Annual Report on the performance of our functions. The Annual Report is a comprehensive report on our activities throughout the preceding ...

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  • April 2019
  • Type: Report
  • Topic: Housing

  No Place Like Home; Children’s views and experiences of living in Family Hubs

  No Place Like Home is a report by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office outlining children’s views and experiences of living in Family Hubs. The views of 80 children living in eight Family Hubs in Dublin, Cork ...