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Here you can find all our press releases and statements and some speeches made by Niall or members of the OCO team.
Latest News - Type: Press Release
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- 15 June 2016
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Disability, Education
New AIM scheme to ensure better access to pre-school for children with disabilities
AIM scheme to implement many recommendations made by Ombudsman for Children’s Office The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, has welcomed the confirmation by the Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, that the new Access and Inclusion ...
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- 7 June 2016
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Education
Ombudsman for Children wishes students luck ahead of exams
The Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has wished all students beginning exams tomorrow the very best of luck, particularly those with learning difficulties who face additional challenges. “Exams are extremely stressful for everyone and I ...
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- 4 February 2016
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Commitment to allowing residents in Direct Provision to make complaints to Ombudsman offices welcomed
Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, and Ombudsman Peter Tyndall have both welcomed the Minister for Justice and Equality’s commitment in principle to allowing asylum seekers living in Direct Provision have their complaints independently examined by ...
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- 21 January 2016
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Minister Reilly Addresses a Meeting of British and Irish Network of Ombudsman and Children’s Commissioners (BINOCC)
At a meeting of British and Irish Network of Ombudsman and Children’s Commissioners (BINOCC) Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. James Reilly, outlined how the Government have taken away the defence of reasonable chastisement through ...
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- 3 November 2015
- Type: Press Release
Official Languages Act 2003 / Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003
AIGHNEACHTAÍ Á LORG ACHT NA dTEANGACHA OIFIGIÚLA 2003 DRÉACHTSCÉIM Á hULLMHÚ AG OIFIG AN OMBUDSMAN DO LEANAÍ Tá sé i gceist ag Oifig an Omudsman do Leanaí scéim a dhréachtú de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla ...
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- 21 October 2015
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Child Protection
Ombudsman welcomes the decision to abolish the Defence of Reasonable Chastisement
Dr Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children has welcomed the decision by the Minister for The Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. James Reilly, to introduce an amendment to the Children First Bill removing the last remaining ...
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- 24 September 2015
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Dr Niall Muldoon: Promoting and Safeguarding Children’s Rights and Welfare: The Experience of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office in Ireland
At an international Convention on the Rights of the Child 25 years in Portugal Lisbon, 24th September 2015: Dr. Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children, addressed a Convention on the Rights of the Child: 25 years ...
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- 7 August 2015
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Children in Care, Housing
Children’s Ombudsman Highlights Gaps in the Oversight of Children’s Residential Centres
An investigation by the Ombudsman for Children found significant gaps in the approach to registering, inspecting and monitoring of children’s residential centres which are run by private and voluntary agencies. He has recommended that the inspection ...
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- 2 July 2015
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Ombudsman for Children welcomes the Report of the Working Group on the Protection Process
The Ombudsman for Children Office welcomes the publication this week of the Report of the Working Group on the Protection Process. Established in October 2014 by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Ms Frances Fitzgerald TD, ...
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- 5 June 2015
- Type: Press Release
European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) “Austerity Bites: Children’s Voices” exhibition is currently on display at the Council of Europe
The European Network of Ombudspersons for Children (ENOC) links independent offices for children from countries in Europe. Its aims are to encourage the fullest possible implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the ...