An underfunded Tusla will not be able to meet surging demand, ombudsman warns
EU council presidency offers Ireland opportunity to demonstrate leadership on children’s rights, Niall Muldoon says
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Taoiseach’s cranky inner teacher comes out as he sees TDs not paying attention in class
Oberstown child detention campus refused further admissions due to being at capacity
Documents show Minister for Children Norma Foley pushed through an instruction to the facility to take more boys
Budget 2027: Tax changes for workers and more affordable childcare set to be priorities
National Economic Dialogue event will hear childcare and tax moves central to next budget
Youth refused special chairs for classroom due to attendance at fee-paying school, High Court hears
Teenager’s mother brings judicial review proceedings against Minister and State
Childcare fees to be capped at €183.70 per week for 45 hours of care
Childcare providers will be required later this year to share more data with the Government about fees
Special needs assistant workforce development plan to be brought to Cabinet
Role of SNAs to be professionalised after Government backed down on plans to reduce number of educational assistants in schools
Psychiatrists’ body ‘cannot endorse’ new State autism protocol
Approach will ‘streamline’ access to autism diagnoses, HSE says
‘Really disappointing’: Institutional abuse survivor advocate ‘hugely frustrated’ by redress scheme
Patricia Carey says €15,000 is ‘the price for forcible removal of a child from their family’
Long-delayed Occupied Territories Bill to be brought to Cabinet but will exclude services
Legislation proposes to ban the import and sale of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine
Ministers bringing it all back home with EU meetings
A number of Ministers are seeking to host European presidency gatherings in their local constituencies
Dublin drainage scheme will be completed a year early, says Chambers
Jack Chambers says action plan to speed infrastructure projects already yielding results
Local authorities to set social housing targets for people with disabilities
Norma Foley says plan provides reassurance to disabled people and their families about ‘housing at right time in their lives’
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