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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:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Physical Disability, Reunification

    Interim care order extended for child with disability

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    19

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, In Prison, Neglect, Reunification

    Mother consents to extension of interim care orders for four children, father in prison

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    18

    Categories:

    Addiction, In Prison, Reunification

    Importance of parents knowing precisely what expected of them in a reunification plan stressed by court

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Section 47

    Interim care orders extended for three children as fourth reunited with father

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Access, Addiction, Domestic Violence, Mental Health

    Interim care order extended; unsupervised access directed; reunification planned

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Addiction

    Consent to extension of interim care order, full care order to be contested

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Foster Care

    Interim care orders extended for two children where third child had recently gone home to mother

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Interim care order extended where teenage girl refuses contact with mother; sexual abuse alleged

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    In Prison

    Interim care orders extended for four children, father in prison

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Interim care orders extended for two children where sexual abuse alleged

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.