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  • 31 May 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children following the Supreme Court Judgement on Statutory Rape

  The Ombudsman for Children, under Section 7(4) of the Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002, has a statutory mandate to offer advice to any Minister on matters relating to the rights and welfare of children. The Ombudsman ...

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  • 4 May 2006
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  Ombudsman for Children and NI Commissioner co-host a special meeting of ENOC

  Cross-border initiative aimed at strengthening and supporting children’s advocates sees European Network of Ombudsmen for Children in Dublin Children’s Ombudsman, Emily Logan, and Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Barney McNeany, are co-hosting a ...

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  • 6 April 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Proposed changes to the Children’s Act 2001 are unnecessary

  Full Implementation of Children’s Act would make proposed changes in legislation unnecessary – Ombudsman for Children Logan outlines concerns about ASBOs in advice to Government Proposed changes to the Children’s Act 2001 are unnecessary and in ...

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  • 28 March 2006
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  Ombudsman for Children pays tribute to Nigel Williams

  Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan has expressed her sadness at the death earlier today of her colleague, Northern Ireland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Nigel Williams, and paid tribute to Nigel’s commitment and dedication to ...

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  • 14 March 2006
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  Ombudsman for Children seeks to ‘child-proof’ any amendments

  Students must be allowed to share responsibility for positive culture in schools – Logan Students must play a big part in setting discipline procedures if the culture in schools is to improve, Emily Logan, Ombudsman for ...

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  • 9 March 2006
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children calls for review of Child Protection Services

  A review of child protection services must be undertaken as a matter of priority in order to protect vulnerable young people and their families, Ireland’s first Ombudsman for Children, Emily Logan, told the Oireachtas Committee on ...

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  • 24 January 2006
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  Constitution Committee’s recommendations a retrograde step

  The failure of the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution to recommend that express rights for children be included in the Constitution is a retrograde step in strengthening and protecting children’s rights. This means that children ...

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  • 20 November 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  Universal Children’s Day

  Fresh call to include children’s rights in Constitution by Ombudsman for Children on Universal Children’s Day Almost 1/3 population without adequate rights. To mark Universal Children’s Day (Sunday, 20th November), Emily Logan, Ireland’s first Ombudsman for ...

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  • 25 October 2005
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  Statement by the Ombudsman for Children on the Ferns’ Inquiry Report

  Serious issues about child protection are raised in today’s report. While it deals with matters that took place between 1960s to 1980s, I have real concerns that as a society, we may not have yet learned ...

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  • 8 September 2005
  • Type: Press Release

  Ombudsman for Children welcomes Suicide Prevention Strategy

  Emily Logan, the Ombudsman for Children, has welcomed the Suicide Prevention Strategy, published today and in particular the new National Office for Suicide Prevention, to be set up immediately by the HSE. Emily said: “I will ...