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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:

    1

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Unaccompanied Minor

    Interim care order extended for girl who travelled alone to state

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Mental Health, Unaccompanied Minor

    Interim care order extended for unaccompanied minor

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Aftercare, Section 47, Unaccompanied Minor

    Interim care order extended for unaccompanied child seeking aftercare

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority

    Supervision orders for two non-national children where both parents had been hospitalised

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Unaccompanied Minor

    Care orders for unaccompanied minors with no identifying documentation

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Missing In Care / Absconding / Running Away, Unaccompanied Minor

    Search continues for unaccompanied minor missing in care

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Drugs

    Interim care and supervision orders granted, history of domestic violence and substance abuse

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Ethnic Minority, Witnessed Domestic Abuse

    Full care order amid concerns about ongoing domestic violence

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Drugs

    Interim care order granted amid domestic violence and drug concerns

  • Year:

    2021

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse

    Extension of interim care order where domestic violence a live issue

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.