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More needs to be done for children with disabilities, says Children's Ombudsman from Donegal

Donegal native and Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon believes not enough is being done to facilitate and include children with disabilities. And Mountcharles' multiple paralympic gold medalist Katie George Dunlevy, said her role in life is to ...

02 Oct 2022 at 11:47

Local News

More than 40 complaints from Donegal were made to the Ombudsman for Children’s Office

A total of 42 complaints from Donegal were made to the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) last year. This represented 2% of the complaints nationally, which a similar percentage compared with the previous 12 months. According to the OCO annual ...

17 May 2022 at 10:54

National News

Ombudsman hopes children’s unit will ‘lead’ on ending family homelessness

The Children’s Ombudsman has said the Taoiseach’s children’s unit should lead the Government’s attempts to end families in emergency accommodation in the next two years. Latest figures by the Department of Housing show there were 11,988 people ...

16 May 2023 at 19:08

National News

Ombudsman asks government to use surplus funds to put children’s needs first

Ireland is falling behind in its commitment to young people due to housing shortages and a lack of access to mental health services, the Children’s Ombudsman has said. The annual Falling Behind report, published on Tuesday, outlines the ...

16 May 2023 at 13:22

National News

Ombudsman says State failing child refugees by relying on private accommodation

The Ombudsman for Children has found that an over-reliance on private commercial sector accommodation has failed children in international protection. The ombudsman is calling on the Government to move away from emergency responses for ...

19 Oct 2023 at 00:01

National News

Clause that favours children of past pupils is ‘epitome of discrimination’

Limiting a child’s educational options over a lack of family links to a school has been described as the epitome of “intergenerational disadvantage and discrimination”. A clause that favours the children and grandchildren of past ...

08 Feb 2022 at 15:39

National News

Lack of local authority housing is failing more and more children – Ombudsman

A move away from local authority house construction has pushed more and more children into economic homelessness, causing a “traumatic breach” of their rights, the Children’s Ombudsman said. Dr Niall Muldoon said the Government ...

16 Aug 2024 at 12:00

National News

Ombudsman ‘utterly dismayed’ by issues around children’s needs

An ombudsman has said he is “exasperated and utterly dismayed” at chronic issues around children’s needs. Children’s ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon called for the full and direct incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of ...

26 Jun 2025 at 10:13

National News

Government’s housing initiatives are failing children, says ombudsman

The Government’s housing initiatives continuously fail children and do not even consider them, the Ombudsman for Children has said. Dr Niall Muldoon told the Oireachtas Committee on Housing that families and children are ...

24 Jun 2025 at 17:43

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