Roma parents may be more reluctant to have their children vaccinated as a result of the two cases last year in which Roma children were mistakenly removed from their families, according to a report.

The Ombudsman for Children has said the Child and Family Agency will have to tackle “systematic problems” in providing services for children — including those in care.

We can no longer trust in Alan Shatter to fulfil his ministerial role, writes Mick Wallace.

Two senior public office-holders have expressed concern about the high number of separating parents who have no legal representation when they appear in court on family law matters.

The Children’s Ombudsman, Emily Logan, has expressed serious concerns about the mishandling by State agencies of the case of an 11-year-old girl who was subjected to repeated rape, sometimes at knife-point.

The model and television presenter Glenda Gilson has today been named on the latest Revenue Commissioners list of tax defaulters.

Children’s Ombudsman Emily Logan has expressed concern about ongoing legal obstacles being placed in the way of her office’s investigations into children in care.

THE family of a four-year-old boy who suffers from quadriplegic cerebral palsy, is profoundly deaf, unable to speak and was born with a hole in his heart is set to lose €9,152 a year because of hidden budget family income supplement (FIS) cuts.

THE Government is still failing to implement policies to protect children at risk which were adopted over a decade ago, an investigation by the Children’s Ombudsman has found.

I READ with anger and disbelief your excellent report (April 19) on the adoption situation.

THE Government needs to enact laws to bring teachers accused of behaving inappropriately towards children before a new teaching council, the Children’s Ombudsman has claimed as the children’s body saw a rise in complaints made to it.

VULNERABLE children and their parents and guardians can now contact the Ombudsman for Children’s Office for free to make a complaint about the services affecting them.

The Unmarried and Separated Fathers of Ireland group has called on the newly-appointed Children’s Ombudsman to ensure that fathers have adequate access to their children.