O'Gorman, Taoiseach and AG 'at one' on prioritising legislation on adopted people's access to records
Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said that the legislation would have GDPR at the heart of it.
Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you
Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said that the legislation would have GDPR at the heart of it.
An image containing three misleading claims about the Green Party TD has been circulating online.
Earlier, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar had told the Dáil that just 60% of childcare providers would be re-opening.
A proposal to merge the Department of Children with the Department of Education is being considered.
45 hours a week of childcare in the home will be provided to certain workers from 18 May.
Funding will be made available to childcare centres, crèches and other childcare facilities.
Of all reported cases of child sexual violence only 2% end in a conviction. Children whose disclosures don’t result in a criminal conviction still need protection, writes Dr Clíona Saidléar.
Ann Louise Gilligan died last week following a short illness.
And it’s going to stay that way.
Philip Morris is threatening legal action.
Minister James Reilly hopes to bring the terms of reference to Cabinet in the near future.
Groups representing mothers and their children question why some institutions may not be included.
The Minister for Children said the investigation into mother-and-baby homes must have a time-limit and be cost-effective.
The information relates to the Tuam home, Bessborough in Cork, and St Patrick’s on the Navan Road in Dublin.
Since June 2012, just three complaints have been received by Retail Ireland.
He previously served as Fine Gael front bench spokesperson on Children and Justice.
Early Childhood Ireland is proposing that a separate strand of funding is immediately ringfenced for private childcare providers.
It follows a HSE report late last year that highlighted a number of incidents where young adults died after leaving statutory care.
Minister Frances Fitzgerald said figures for 2013 indicate will be similar to previous years.
The Minister said that staff training needed to brought up to the required standards before the scheme could go ahead.
Gordon Jeyes will head up the HSE report on the two cases in Tallaght and Athlone, with the findings of the review to be handed over to the Children’s Ombudsman.
Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald will turn sod on Monday at the site to mark the beginning of construction.
The Minister for Children today announced more stringent regulation of the creche sector, but a representative body for creches says that regulation without investment is meaningless.
The latest findings of the large-scale Growing Up In Ireland study are out today. As well as detailing the health and wellbeing of 11,000 Irish three-year-olds, they also show the huge effect of the recession on Irish families.
Also attending the meeting will be the CEO of the Child and Family Support Agency and representatives from Early Childhood Ireland.
Frances Fitzgerald said the discussions will allow her to explore the feasibility of an agreement on intercountry adoption.
One man was arrested when the car carrying Eamon Gilmore and Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald was forced to turn back after an Éirígí protest over cuts to child benefit.
By voting yes, we can prove that this generation has done more than any other to protect children who have been betrayed in the past, writes Aodhán Ó Riordáin.
… but was he supposed to be there?
Education and care go hand in hand, argues Irene Gunning, and the care of toddlers and preschoolers can’t be separated as two different processes.
One year ago, the government created a separate Department of Children for the first time – but has it lived up to its promises?
The government has said this week that it has no plans to allow same-sex couples to adopt but what do you think?
The hotline number was reserved for over four years before ComReg received an application to operate it.
The traditional model of a married couple making up a family is in decline, according to a major new study which looked at family structures in Ireland.
A study commissioned by the ISPCC found that one-third of primary school children did not know how to keep their social network account private, while one in six secondary students had met someone in person after meeting them online.
A study into the Ferns, Murphy, Ryan and Cloyne child abuse reports criticises the lack of prosecution against child sexual and physical abusers and those who concealed that abuse.
The inquiries concern a Carraig na bhFearr boarding school run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.
In today’s Fix: Ireland’s first female Chief Justice is named; News International heads face questioning over alleged phone hacking; and the Rubberbandits take New York…