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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:

    1

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Reunification

    Interim care orders for four children extended, reunification at forefront of professionals’ minds

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Exploitation

    Interim care order extended for a teenage girl in an inappropriate relationship

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Addiction, Domestic Violence, Mental Health

    Interim care order granted following disengagement by the mother from voluntary arrangement

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    60

    Categories:

    Aftercare, Mental Health

    Aftercare plan for girl with history of self-harm and mental health issues

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    59

    Categories:

    Aftercare

    Aftercare plan approved for teenage girl

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    58

    Categories:

    Aftercare, Autism, Cognitive Disability

    Aftercare plan for a 17-year old with autism and a moderate intellectual disability set to inherit grandfather’s estate

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    57

    Categories:

    Aftercare, Cognitive Disability, Sexual Abuse

    Judge directs urgent appointment of aftercare worker for child due to leave care system

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    56

    Categories:

    Reunification

    One child reunited with parents, work ongoing for reunification with three others

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    55

    Categories:

    Funding

    Costs awarded where legal aid had not been authorised, exceptional circumstances cited

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    54

    Categories:

    Foster Care

    Judge seeks progress on support for grandparent foster carers

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.