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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:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Homelessness, UK / United Kingdom

    District Court authorises the CFA to seek transfer of care proceedings to UK where homeless parents struggling in Ireland.

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Habitual Residence, UK / United Kingdom

    Brexit a concern as court discusses case of child in UK under an Irish care order

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Newborn, Physical Abuse

    Interim care order extended for infant who had serious injuries

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse

    Interim care order granted following disclosures of physical abuse and sexualised behaviour

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Religion, Section 47

    Section 47 application for a child of Catholic parents to attend Church of Ireland primary school

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Cognitive Disability, Lack Of Service

    Delay in child’s medical assessment could have serious consequences

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Mental Health, No Mental Health Service, Residential Placement

    Teenager placed in temporary residential placement while on waiting list for psychiatric assessment

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Mental Health, Mental Health Act

    Child admitted to child and adolescent mental health unit

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Mental Health Act

    Girl’s inpatient care extended for six weeks under Mental Health Act

  • Year:

    2019

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Special Care, Voice Of The Child

    Child granted right as a party in High Court proceedings loses appeal to Court of Appeal against special care order

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.