Children First Bill - Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Children's Rights Alliance Deputy Director, Maria Corbett, along with Fergus Finlay of Barnardos, Caroline O'Sullivan of ISPCC and Maeve Lewis of One in Four present to the Joint Committee on Health and Children on the forthcoming Children First Bill.
Onus on Priests to Report Offences Unclear
The Irish Times, by CARL O'BRIEN, Chief Reporter. 26 April 2012. SEAL OF CONFESSION: THE DEPARTMENT of Justice was unable to confirm last night whether priests will be legally obliged to report serious offences against children to gardaí that are disclosed during Confession. ...
Parents face 10 years' jail for failing to report sexual abuse
Irish Independent. By Michael Brennan Deputy Political Editor, Thursday April 26 2012. PARENTS who fail to report the sexual abuse of their child by their partner to the gardai face a jail sentence of up to 10 years. ...
Young offenders to be removed from St Patrick's
The Irish Independent, by Michael Brennan Deputy Political Editor, 3 April 2012.ALL teenage offenders are to be taken out of St Patrick's Institution within two years...
Government to build €50m child detention facility at Lusk
The Irish Times, by CARL O'BRIEN, Chief Reporter. 3 April 2012. THE GOVERNMENT has pledged to end the jailing of children in adult prisons within two years, following decades of stinging criticism over the practice...
Report finds 115 children died while in State care over 10 years
Irish Times. By Elaine Edwards. 22 March 2012. A REPORT into the deaths of children in State care that will be published within weeks is “very harrowing”, Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has said...
Child care tragedy probe ‘harrowing’
The Irish Sun. By Myles McEntee. 22 March 2012. A REPORT into the deaths of children in State care will be "very harrowing", Children's Minister Frances Fitzgerald warned yesterday.
Report card gives Government a C+
Clare Champion. 17 February 2012. THE Fine Gael/Labour Coalition Government was recently awarded an overall C+ grade in the Children’s Rights Alliance’s Report Card 2012. It is the best grade achieved by any Government since the Report Card series was first published in 2009...
Children's group given €1.5m for referendum campaign
Irish Times. By Carl O'Brien. 17 February 2012. TWO PHILANTHROPIC groups have provided €1.5 million to an organisation that is likely to play a major role in campaigning for a Yes vote in the forthcoming children’s referendum...
Law would end vetting of school caretakers and drivers
Irish Examiner. By Jennifer Hough. 08/02/2012. Caretakers, cooks, administrators, and bus drivers who work in organisations with school-going children will not have to be vetted under proposed legislation....