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The OCO library brings together our policy submissions and advice to Government, OCO strategies, reports, investigation statements, financial information and more.
Latest Releases - Topic: Health
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- August 2023
- Type: Advice
- Topic: Health
Healthcare supports for transgender children; A children’s rights perspective from the Ombudsman for Children’s Office
Access to multidisciplinary health services and supports for transgender children and children who are questioning their identity, is a children’s rights issue. Having ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Ireland is obliged under ...
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- June 2023
- Type: Investigation
- Topic: Health
Scoliosis Treatment for Ivy
Our investigation centres on the case of Ivy (17) who had been waiting for spinal fusion surgery for scoliosis for five years since 2016. During this time, Ivy, who was born with cerebral palsy, experienced major ...
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- February 2023
- Type: Report, Reports to the UN
- Topic: Child protection, Children in care, Disability, Education, Health, Housing, LGBTQ+
Ombudsman for Children’s Office welcomes the publication of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations
Ombudsman for Children’s Office welcomes the publication of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Concluding Observations The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) welcomes the publication of the UN Committee on the Rights ...
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- April 2022
- Type: Report
- Topic: Education, Health
No Filter: A survey of children’s experiences of the Covid Pandemic
Nearly half of children surveyed by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) say the Covid pandemic has significantly changed their lives. No Filter, a survey carried out by the OCO and Amárach Research in February 2022, ...
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- March 2022
- Type: Investigation
- Topic: Children in care, Health
Jack’s Case: One Year On
In 2020, the Ombudsman for Children’s Office published Jack’s case, our investigation into the care of a young boy with profound disabilities who suffered brain damage and significant life-changing injuries in a car accident as a ...
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- June 2018
- Type: Report, Views of young people
- Topic: Health
Joining the Dots – Connecting voices for child-friendly healthcare in hospital
Joining the Dots is an innovative joint initiative by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office and the Children’s Hospital Group Board with the three children’s hospitals in Dublin – Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; Temple Street Children’s ...
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- March 2018
- Type: Report, Views of young people
- Topic: Education, Health
It’s Our Brexit Too: Children’s Rights, Children’s Voices
This is a report on the views, hopes and fears of young people, North and South, and is the outcome of a unique cross-border conference hosted by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office and the Northern Ireland ...
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- February 2018
- Type: Advice, Report
- Topic: Child protection, Children in care, Disability, Education, Family law, Health, Housing, Mental health, Youth justice
A Guide to Child-Centred Complaints Handling
This Guide to Child-Centred Complaints Handling sets out core principles of good practice for dealing with complaints made by or on behalf of children. We have developed the Guide to encourage and support organisations that provide ...
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- July 2017
- Type: Presentation
- Topic: Health, Mental health
Presentation to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee Children’s Mental Health Services
The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon appeared before the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Children’s Mental Health Services in July 2017 to outline the OCO’s key recommendations and priorities in the area of children’s mental ...
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- May 2017
- Type: Submission
- Topic: Health, Mental health
Submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Children’s Mental Health Services in Ireland
In May 2017, the OCO prepared a submission to the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on children’s mental health services in Ireland. Included in this submission are recommendations relating to the development of a new, stand alone, ...