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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:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    24

    Categories:

    Foster Care

    Judge permits GAL to seek subpoenas for foster care committee

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    23

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority

    Interim care order for young child whose immigration status uncertain

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    22

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Supervision order refused

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    21

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Drugs, Newborn

    Interim care order for new-born amid drug and violence concerns

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Drugs, Newborn

    Full care order for infant affected by drug use in pregnancy

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    19

    Categories:

    Addiction, Criminality, Domestic Violence

    Interim care orders for children whose parents had criminal history

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    18

    Categories:

    Voice Of The Child

    Judge met with three young children prior to granting full care orders

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Neglect

    Judge directs CFA to accelerate refuse collection from home of vulnerable child

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Mental Health

    Judge directs neuro-feedback therapy for three siblings in care

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Special Care

    Interim care order extended for pregnant girl

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.