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First HIQA Inspection Report highlights one-third of Standards not met

  • Press Release
  • May 10, 2013
The first HIQA inspection report on Child Protection and Welfare Service based in the Carlow-Kilkenny region has identified that one-third of the National Standards for the Protection and Welfare of Children are not being met.     While the report...

Stability key to achieving positive educational outcomes for children in care

  • Press Release
  • May 7, 2013
Immediate Release: 7th May 2013 The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) today published a report entitled “Education of Children in Care in Ireland: An Exploratory Study.” The main findings of the report highlight the importance of stability, i...

Minister for Children to launch EPIC National Advocacy Service & Strategic Plan 2013-2015

  • Press Release
  • May 7, 2013
Event Launch: Tuesday, 7th May 2013, at 4.30pm in the EPIC office, 7 Red Cow Lane, Smithfield, Dublin 7   The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald TD will launch the EPIC National Advocacy Service on the 7th May 2013. There ...

Analysis: Putting Children First

'Analysis: putting children first' published in The Irish Examiner, 8th April : http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/analysis-putting-children-first-227650.html ANALYSIS: Putting children first Monday, April 08, 2013 Analysis by Jennifer Gargan We...

Child Care Law Reporting Project

  • Press Release
  • April 4, 2013
“NEW PROJECT ON CHILD CARE PROCEEDINGS WILL PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY”  Immediate Release: 04.03.13 EPIC today welcomes the launch of the new website, Child Care Law Reporting Project. This is the first website committed to examining child care cases (...

Letter to Editors re: St Patrick's Institution

  • Press Release
  • November 1, 2012
Dear Sir, Following the horrific report by the Inspector of Prison’s into conditions within St Patrick’s Institution which unveils systematic violation of the rights of children and young people in the prison, EPIC (Empowering People In Care) call...

National Care Leavers Day and Care Leavers Ireland

  • Press Release
  • October 8, 2012
EPIC and Care Leavers Ireland have come together to celebrate the positive experiences of care leavers in Ireland. Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald, will officially launch, Care Leavers Ireland, a new charity which benefits young people l...

Constitutional Rights for Children

  • Press Release
  • June 21, 2012
EPIC warmly welcomes the confirmed decision to hold a referendum on children’s rights this autumn and anxiously awaits the proposed wording. This is a pivotal chance for the people of Ireland to put potential abuse of children firmly in the past ...

HIQA report on Gleann Alainn

  • Press Release
  • February 29, 2012
HIQA’s latest report on Gleann Alainn again finds that the unit is continuing to fail the young people it was designed to protect.  Despite current economic conditions, this must be of the highest priority.  The HSE has the utmost responsibility t...

SPECIAL CARE UNIT IN CRISIS

  • Press Release
  • December 8, 2011
Gleann Alainn, a special care unit in Cork, has yet again been found to be in a state of crisis following another inspection by HIQA. This special care unit was set up to keep a small group of highly vulnerable and at risk girls in a safe place w...

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