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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:

    2018

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Additional Issues, In Camera Rule, Publication, Special Care

    CCLRP seeks High Court permission to continue reporting secure care cases

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Mental Health, Mental Health Act, Special Care, UK / United Kingdom

    Teenager in secure care for six years needs to return to Ireland

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    4

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Cognitive Disability

    Care Order for young teenager with behavioural difficulties

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Change Of Placement, Placement Breakdown

    Five placement moves in 13 days for nine-year-old boy

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Addiction, Behavioural Problems, Drugs, Placement Breakdown, Residential Placement

    CFA re-enters case following placement breakdown

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    1

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Lack Of Placement, Mental Health, Special Care

    “Groundhog day” as repeated High Court hearings fail to result in suitable placement for girl leaving secure care abroad

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Introduction to Volume 1 of 2018

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Introduction to Volume 2 of 2018 reports

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Aftercare, Mental Health, No Mental Health Service

    No After-Care Plan for older teenager with mental health needs

  • Year:

    2017

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Exploitation, Lack Of Placement, Residential Placement, Sexual Abuse

    No appropriate placement for sexually exploited teenager following months of High Court hearings.

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.