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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:

    4

    Categories:

    Autism, Domestic Violence, Witnessed Domestic Abuse

    Supervision order extended to complete child protection assessment

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Autism, Disability, Lack Of Educational Support, No Disability Support, Non-Attendance At School

    Supervision order with directions for child with special needs who had never attended school

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Witnessed Domestic Abuse

    Supervision order with conditions made for two primary school children

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    1

    Categories:

    Physical Abuse

    Emergency care order for two children where non-accidental injury suspected, interim care order refused earlier

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    59

    Categories:

    Wardship

    Ten young people before Wards List in High Court

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    58

    Categories:

    Change Of Placement

    Social worker criticised by court for failure to meet statutory requirement for child in care

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    57

    Categories:

    Advocate, In Camera Rule

    Permission granted for McKenzie Friend to attend court with mother

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    56

    Categories:

    Section 47

    High Court considers judicial review of decision of Circuit Court to appoint GAL

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    55

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Parents Dead, Section 47

    District Court grants application from maternal relative to be joined to proceedings in domestic homicide case

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    54

    Categories:

    Disability, HSE, In Camera Rule, Lack Of Service, Physical Disability, Publication

    High Court delays publication of its judgment finding HSE failed to uphold the rights of a child in care with disabilities

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.