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Reporting on child care proceedings in the District Court in May 2025.

Falling Through the Cracks: An Analysis of Child Care Proceedings from 2021 to 2024
Latest volume of court reports from 2024
A summary of findings from 10 years of reporting
  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    21

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    No time for long case as 79 applications listed for one day

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    18

    Categories:

    Neglect, Newborn

    Interim Care Order for new-born baby extended

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Foster Care, In Prison

    Application to discharge Care Order refused

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Access, Neglect, Sexual Abuse

    CFA urged to progress access for children in care until 18

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    19

    Categories:

    Access, Alcohol

    Overnight access withdrawn as mother drinking

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Care Orders for a year for eight children where sexual abuse alleged

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Aftercare

    Judge welcomes “good news story”

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    23

    Categories:

    Newborn

    Care order for baby granted whose mother in unsafe family

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    21

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol, Drugs

    Care order granted for girl where mother has alcohol and drug problems

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Cognitive Disability, Drugs

    Full care order till 18 for child whose mother has learning disability

This follows the discontinuation of its reporting in July 2024, as the contract with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) was coming to an end. We are very pleased that we signed a new two-year Agreement with the DCEDY in March and the members of our reporting panel have agreed to resume their work.

Over a twelve-year period, the Project provided information to the public on the operation of the child care system in the courts with the aim of promoting transparency and accountability. It published 1,050 individual court reports and a number of analytical research reports, all of which are available on this website.