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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:

    3

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Reunification

    Children to return home after expiry of Care Order

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Physical Abuse

    Care Order refused, Supervision Order granted for injured child

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    35

    Categories:

    Neglect

    Interim Care Order where serious neglect alleged

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    34

    Categories:

    Africa, Foster Care, Voice Of The Child

    Teenager complains about foster care

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    In Prison, Mental Health

    One year Care Order to allow mother to stabilise

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    27

    Categories:

    Addiction, Drugs, Reunification

    Reunification possible if drug use addressed

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    26

    Categories:

    Transgender

    Assessments for boy in care confused about gender

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    25

    Categories:

    Cognitive Disability

    Care Order until 18 for boy in care since birth

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    28

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Physical Abuse

    Supervision Order granted, though grounds existed for Interim Care Order

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    24

    Categories:

    Access

    Application for access by grandmother refused

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.