No confidence in St John Ambulance child safety until safeguarding officer in place, says O’Gorman
Oireachtas committee told Tusla has referred 27 cases of suspected child exploitation to gardaí so far this year
Committee On Children
Hourigan to keep committee chair role despite losing party whip
Two green TDs lost whip for six months after voting with Sinn Féin on NMH motion
Micheál Martin has not had the best run of luck as taoiseach
Inside Politics: When it looked like sunshine was breaking through, another crisis hit
Hold off on filling your car, emergency excise duty cut is coming
Inside Politics: Extra measures needed to offset cost of living due to war in Ukraine
Adoption law must contain privacy rights, says Minister
Legislation allowing access to sensitive data may be unconstitutional without legal caveat
Tracing service for adopted people and parents to be in place this year
Minister unveils ‘landmark’ law giving adoptees right to access information on parents
Call for HSE to explain thousands of young people with disabilities on waiting lists
Ombudsman for Children says ‘if children have not even been assessed, how will they receive the services they need?’
Redress scheme for mother and baby home residents to be approved shortly
Bill on excavation of children’s remains at institutions to become law early next year
Murphy hits back hard at critics over mother and baby home report
Controversy over report far from over following commission chair’s robust response
Refusal of mother and baby home report authors to face Oireachtas ‘deeply regrettable’ – Varadkar
Findings could be ‘put in peril’ by rush to judgment by committee members, says commission head
Order behind Tuam home defends dealings with commission
Roderic O’Gorman writes to hundreds of survivors telling them ‘you are believed’
Rejecting mother and baby homes report risks survivors’ redress, Minister says
Opposition calls for rejection of commission report over treatment of women’s testimony
Mother and baby home commission should ‘do the right thing’ and address Oireachtas
Minister says member’s appearance at UK event ‘added insult to injury’ for survivors
State should take over Mother and Baby Home burial sites, Dáil Committee told
Known about 800 bodies in Tuam since 2017 and no progress in identifying the children
Minister asks if deleted interview notes can be salvaged
Deletion of files from mother and baby home interviews causes blacklash among survivors
Publication of Mother and Baby Homes report delayed until January
Minister says it would be inappropriate to publish 3,000 page report before Christmas
Mother-and-baby-homes: Dealing with sensitive data a difficult balancing act
Committee will have to weigh up a matrix of matters before making recommendations
Childcare group expresses ‘serious concerns’ about CCTV in creches
Early Childhood Ireland says move would not bode well for trust and quality of care
Hyde & Seek controversy: Tusla to ramp up enforcement
Agency to be quizzed by Oireachtas committee on how centres could remain open
Homeless families under ‘huge additional stress’ in summer
Charity highlights burden of keeping children occupied in straitened circumstances
Irish children being ‘manipulated’ by marketing of junk food
Irish Heart Foundation calls for ban on junk food marketing to children under 16 years
By not fully funding Tusla, the State fails to protect children
The handling of McCabe child abuse allegations is the agency’s biggest test yet
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