Ombudsman for Children Report documents abject failure of Government to protect children [alanshatter.ie]
- Published: 11 May 2010
The report published today (Tuesday) by the Ombudsman for Children is yet another damning indictment of the State’s failure to provide to children at risk the protection to which they are entitled, according to Fine Gael Children Spokesperson, Alan Shatter TD.
“It starkly exposes the abject failure of Government to take the steps necessary to ensure the consistent application of the Children First: National Protection Guidelines of 1999. The finding of the Ombudsman against the Office of the Minister for Children that such failure constituted ‘unsound administration’ within the meaning of Section 8 of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 confirms that successive Fianna Fáil-led Governments and Ministers for Children have simply paid lip service to child protection.
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