# child-protection - Thursday 29 November, 2018
The Scouting Ireland scandal reminds us that more than 90% of child sex abusers are known to their victims and predators are experts at blending in, writes child protection expert, Shane Dunphy.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
The First 5 plan is one in a long line of strategies to protect children but nothing ever changes on the ground, writes child protection expert, Shane Dunphy.
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# child-protection - Tuesday 2 October, 2018
Digital material, computers and mobile phones were seized in the searches which took place over the last five days.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 27 June, 2018
CRI Alerts have only been used by gardaí on six occasions since their introduction.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 6 June, 2018
The name, address and the risk the offender poses could be released on a case-by-case basis under the proposed new law.
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# child-protection - Tuesday 5 June, 2018
A major report has found that the courts aren’t adequately resourced to deal with complex cases.
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# child-protection - Monday 28 May, 2018
72% of phone calls answered by the charity came from males.
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# child-protection - Thursday 24 May, 2018
Special Rapporteur for Children Dr Geoffrey Shannon said there has been no significant follow-up from garda management after it asked him last year to help with training.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 16 May, 2018
The government had put forward a proposal to set the digital age of consent at 13.
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# child-protection - Friday 13 April, 2018
The funding freeze comes after a man in the organisation was reinstated, without garda vetting, despite a rape allegation being made against him.
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# child-protection - Saturday 28 October, 2017
Here’s all the news you need to know as you start your long weekend.
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# child-protection - Thursday 19 October, 2017
This represents a 5% increase from 2015 figures.
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# child-protection - Sunday 24 September, 2017
Professor Geoffrey Shannon published a comprehensive audit of the gardaí’s child protection practices in May.
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# child-protection - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
A report published yesterday found chronic systemic failures in the functions carried out by Tusla.
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A shocking report published yesterday highlights cases of abuse and neglect of children in this country – and the State’s efforts to protect them.
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# child-protection - Monday 29 May, 2017
A report published today found serious issues with inter-agency cooperation when dealing with vulnerable children taken from their parents.
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# child-protection - Monday 22 May, 2017
McBride was speaking at the launch of Tusla’s new child protection and welfare strategy for 2017-2022.
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# child-protection - Monday 19 December, 2016
At the launch of its annual report, the RCNI spoke about consent, abortion and how we judge teenage victims.
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# child-protection - Thursday 17 December, 2015
The Garda Vetting Unit are not currently required to seek information from police outside the State about people who have lived abroad.
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# child-protection - Monday 6 July, 2015
Yesterday’s result will have inspired millions across Europe that the forces of the 1% can be taken on.
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# child-protection - Friday 3 July, 2015
A new report looks at child protection services in North Dublin.
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# child-protection - Monday 8 June, 2015
Social workers say they feel “ethically compromised” by the suggestion.
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The number of cases yet to be assigned to a social worker has reduced by just over 5% since the end of 2014.
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# child-protection - Thursday 28 May, 2015
A garda was arrested today over leaks to the media in the case.
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# child-protection - Monday 25 May, 2015
A report today said the children were moved before any assessment could take place and this hindered one of the investigations.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 20 May, 2015
New figures have shown the number of criminals on the sex offenders list.
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# child-protection - Tuesday 24 March, 2015
Some children had been waiting four years for a social worker.
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# child-protection - Sunday 21 December, 2014
A TD and child protection expert are calling for the legislation to ban vigilante ‘paedophile hunters’.
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# child-protection - Monday 24 November, 2014
Frances Fitzgerald said a cross-border inquiry was being considered.
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# child-protection - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
Charlie Flanagan wants the issue discussed by Government.
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# child-protection - Sunday 7 September, 2014
The Ombudsman for Children said that ‘vulnerable’ boys should be removed to Weatfield Prison.
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# child-protection - Tuesday 2 September, 2014
Child protection continues to be a problem in Ireland said Emily Logan.
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The issue of direct provision is “unresolved” for the Ombudsman for Children.
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She also called for an independent audit of 700 cases where children were removed from their families by gardaí.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 13 August, 2014
The Universal Royalty Beauty Contest is planning to proceed with its Belfast pageant.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
Nicholas was just 17 when he died due to misuse of drugs.
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# child-protection - Thursday 3 July, 2014
I have no doubt Garda and HSE staff acted in what they believed to be the best interests of those two children, but there were clear elements of ethnic profiling involved.
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# child-protection - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
Senators think two sections in the Family Law Act 1995 need to be updated to protect children. They will debate this and other issues today.
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# child-protection - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
One particular investigation showed that a child had been moved to 11 different residencies in 4 months.
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The initiative has been established to address the “general lack of understanding and stigma surrounding migrant families going through child protection interventions”.
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