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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:

    19

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Supervision Order renewed for six weeks

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    18

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Cognitive Disability, Neglect

    Interim Care Order arising from serious neglect

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Full Care Orders for seven children following lengthy hearing

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    33

    Categories:

    Mental Health

    Interim Care Order application converted to full Care Order

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Social work reports are not “relevant court documents”

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    26

    Categories:

    Physical Disability, Traveller

    Interim Care Order sought for seriously ill children moving between countries

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    25

    Categories:

    Mental Health

    Boy needs counselling following death of friend

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    19

    Categories:

    Access, Domestic Violence

    Father’s overnight access opposed by Child and Family Agency

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    28

    Categories:

    Foster Care, Mental Health

    Application by parents to vary or discharge Care Order refused

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    27

    Categories:

    Alcohol, Behavioural Problems

    Interim Care Order extended for drunk and disorderly teenager

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.