Niall Muldoon
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Special schools and classes likely to remain open for vulnerable children
- Education
- January 5, 2021, 18:50
The Government is expected to keep special schools and special classes open for thousands of children with special needs. There are about 16,000 chil(...)

Disabled children ‘being left behind again’ by Covid-19 measures
- Social Affairs
- December 1, 2020, 19:57
Disabled children “are being left behind again” because welfare staff who should be helping them have been redeployed by the Health Service Executive (...)

Boy (4) left in hospital for over two years due to Tusla and HSE failings, report says
- Social Affairs
- November 26, 2020, 00:01
A four-year-old boy was left in hospital for more than two years, despite being medically fit for discharge, due to failings by the HSE and Tusla, a r(...)

Ombudsman finds children waiting years for vital assessments
- Education
- October 15, 2020, 01:00
Delays of several years in assessing the needs of children with suspected disabilities amount to a serious and ongoing violation of their rights, acco(...)

Nearly half of complaints to children’s ombudsman concern education
- Social Affairs
- September 16, 2020, 08:55
Education continues to be the most complained about issue for children according to the Ombudsman for Children’s latest annual report. The Ombudsman (...)

School profiling should not dictate Leaving Cert grades, warns Ombudsman
- Education
- August 13, 2020, 17:56
Leaving Cert students’ calculated grades should not be dictated by the past performance of their schools, the Ombudsman for Children has warned. Dr N(...)

Ombudsman warns against any downgrading of Department of Children
- Irish News
- May 13, 2020, 01:00
The Ombudsman for Children has expressed concern to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) may be downgraded (...)

Ombudsman calls for ‘urgent clarity’ on State examinations
- Education
- April 9, 2020, 20:52
The Children’s Ombudsman has called for “urgent clarity” on plans for this year’s Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate examinations which are due to b(...)

HSE and Tusla criticised by ombudsman over inadequate plans for disabled children
- Health
- January 23, 2020, 08:15
The Children’s Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon has criticised both the HSE and Tusla for not adequately making plans for disabled children in care. A repo(...)

It’s our fourth homeless Christmas, our third in a ‘family hub’
- Social Affairs
- December 21, 2019, 06:00
No Child 2020 is an Irish Times initiative to provide a sustained focus on child welfare and children’s issues in 2019. Inspired by the Democratic Pro(...)