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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:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Addiction, Domestic Violence, Drugs

    Mother consents to Interim Care Order while she obtains support

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Mental Health Act

    Emergency Care Order for children whose mother detained under Mental Health Act

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Voice Of The Child

    Court rules children should not be asked to give evidence

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    In Prison

    Interim Care Order for child whose mother in custody

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol, Drugs, Neglect

    Interim Care Orders extended for six children

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Criminality, Domestic Violence, Ethnic Minority, Neglect, Non-Attendance At School, Romani

    Care Orders for four Roma children

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Addiction, Drugs

    Full Care Order for young child of drug users

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    7

    Categories:

    Cognitive Disability, Mental Health, Non-Attendance At School

    Full Care Orders granted for teenage girls

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Criminality, Sexual Abuse

    Care Orders granted for five children

  • Year:

    2016

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Special Care

    Protocol on special care processes approved in High Court

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.