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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:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority, Transgender

    Interim care order extended for transitioning teenager

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Addiction, Neglect, Newborn

    Interim care order extended for infant amid concerns he was left alone

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Access

    Interim care order extended for 10 weeks where parenting capacity assessment awaited

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    Reunification

    Interim care order extended for a teenager due soon to become a father

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Foster Care

    Extension of interim care order for boy awaiting introduction to half siblings

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Advocate, Foster Care

    Extension for three months of interim care order for a boy in foster care

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Mental Health, Reunification

    Interim care order for young teenager extended

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    7

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Residential Placement

    Interim care order extended for girl in single occupancy residential placement

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Lack Of Placement, Special Care

    Extension of interim care order for boy approved for special care, but no bed available

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Newborn

    Interim care order for infant where mother suffering from drug addiction

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.