Event: children’s rights

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Not acceptable to recoup dole fraud money from children’s allowance, judge says

A judge has said it was not acceptable for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to recover dole fraud money from children’s allowance payments.

Campaign calls for case for compassion

‘No’ lobby want us to return to Church state

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Catholic Church supports yes vote in upcoming Children Referendum

Change of direction needed to avoid failing children

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Ombudsman: 22% increase in child complaints

‘Children’s referendum will change nothing’

The children’s rights referendum will “bring no change” when the State has just 10 places for troubled teenagers in need of secure and special therapeutic care, a judge has claimed.

Fri, 05 Oct, 2012

We need to help those charities that give our children a better life

THE amendment to the constitution proposed in the children’s rights referendum seems, by fairly widespread consent among those expressing informed opinions, to be at least reasonably well worded and most certainly well intentioned.

Fri, 05 Oct, 2012

FF calls for time to debate children’s rights referendum

The Government has been urged by Fianna Fáil to allow sufficient time to debate the children’s rights referendum ahead of the expected release of the wording of the long-awaited vote today.

Tue, 18 Sep, 2012

Taxing child benefit ‘not possible by budget’

It will not be possible to tax or means test child benefit payments in time for the next budget, Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has insisted.

Wed, 25 Jul, 2012