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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:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    19

    Categories:

    Africa, Ethnic Minority, Mental Health Act

    Emergency care order for children in direct provision centre

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    18

    Categories:

    Criminality, Residential Placement

    Interim Care Order for boy seeking foster home

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Neglect

    Interim care orders for two young children

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Mental Health

    Full care orders for children in foster care since infancy

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol, Homelessness

    Interim Care Order due to homelessness and addiction problems

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Witnessed Domestic Abuse

    Full Care Order Granted

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Access, Alcohol, Cognitive Disability, Physical Disability, Section 47

    Medical tests ordered

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Access, Sexual Abuse

    Supervision order extended for father’s access visits

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Change Of Placement, Emotional Abuse, Placement Breakdown, Section 47

    Five placements in three years

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Neglect, Romani

    Interim Care Order for Roma children

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.