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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
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- 20 November 2014
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Children in Care, Housing
Young person’s direct account of experiencing homelessness highlights power of listening to Children
A first-hand account of a young person’s experience of accessing and using homelessness services in Ireland is featured in a video released by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office today (Thursday) to marks the 25th anniversary of the ...
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- 7 November 2014
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Family Law
Ombudsman for Children’s Office responds to Supreme Court’s Surrogacy Judgment
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) stated that today’s Supreme Court judgment in the case of MR & Anor – V – An t-Ard Chláraitheoir & Ors is very significant. Earlier this year, the Ombudsman for Children recommended ...
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- 9 October 2014
- Type: Press Release
Ombudsman for Children’s Office launches new iPad app It’s Your Right for young people
A new iPad app has been launched by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) to raise awareness among children and young people about their rights. More than 100 children and young people aged 5 to 18 ...
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- 2 September 2014
- Type: Press Release
Oireachtas should consider giving next Ombudsman for Children a role in new Independent Policing Authority – Logan
2013 Annual Report shows 16% increase in complaints from previous year Emily Logan has used the occasion of the publication of her final annual report as Ombudsman for Children to call on the Oireachtas to consider giving ...
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- 17 July 2014
- Type: Press Release
Emily Logan to become first Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has announced today (Thursday) that she is to be nominated as Chief Commissioner of the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. Ms Logan will step down as Ombudsman for Children ...
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- 1 July 2014
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Children in Care, Family Law
Ombudsman for Children welcomes publication of the Special Inquiry
The Ombudsman for Children Emily Logan today, 1st July, welcomed the decision by the Minister for Justice to publish the findings of her Special Inquiry in to the exercise by members of the Garda Síochána of powers ...
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- 25 April 2014
- Type: Press Release
Children’s Ombudsman marks 10th anniversary with call for new accountability structures to ensure independence of Ombudsman institutions
As the Ombudsman for Children marks the tenth anniversary of her Office by hosting a conference examining the State’s relationship with children and families, Emily Logan said it is time not just to reflect on the ...
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- 5 March 2014
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Children in Care
New Child and Family Agency must aim to assume role of parent for children in their care
OCO Report on Repetitive Root Cause Issues regarding Children in Care laid before Oireachtas Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, has said that the New Child and Family Agency, must assume the role of a parent for ...
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- 3 February 2014
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Family Law
Her Honour, Judge Rosemary Horgan, President of the District Court & the Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan launch Information Campaign for Separating Parents & their Children
The President of the District Court, Her Honour, Judge Rosemary Horgan and the Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan have launched, today (Monday) a targeted information campaign supporting separating parents and their children. This campaign is the ...
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- 20 November 2013
- Type: Press Release
- Topic: Health
Development of National Policy on Child-friendly Healthcare & inter-sectoral alliances all key to Children’s Rights in Health
The Ombudsman for Children’s Office and the HSE have published separate but complementary documents about children’s rights in healthcare settings today, Universal Children’s Day, Wed, 20th November, (Anniversary of UN General Assembly adoption of the UN ...