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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:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    4

    Categories:

    Abroad, Exploitation, Guardianship, Sexual Abuse

    Interim Care Order for girl whose parents made a stranger her guardian

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Homelessness

    Emergency Care Order granted after three days’ hearing

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Habitual Residence, Romani

    Full Care Orders for young Roma children

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Missing In Care / Absconding / Running Away, Special Care

    Two children returned to secure care following discharge

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    1

    Categories:

    Lack Of Service, Mental Health, UK / United Kingdom

    No facility in Ireland for teenager detained in UK

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Access

    Access disputed while Care Order extended

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority, Mental Health, Mental Health Act

    Emergency Care Order for asylum seeker’s children

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol, Non-Attendance At School

    Interim Care Order extended after chronic school absenteeism

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Abroad, Additional Issues

    Supervision Order adjourned while High Court hears challenge

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, CAMHS, Mental Health

    Care Order for six months where boy not leaving his room

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.