by EPIC Communications | Jun 22, 2016 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 22/06/16 The latest HIQA Inspection for Oberstown Campus identified only one standard being fully met. The report highlights positives such as the promotion of children’s rights, as well as young people being aware of their right to complain....
by EPIC Communications | Jun 2, 2016 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 2nd June 2016 The Annual Overview Report on the Inspection and Regulation of Children’s Services 2015 has found inconsistencies in the quality of service provision for children and young people throughout the country. The report identified that the...
by EPIC Communications | Apr 13, 2016 | Archive, Media, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 13th April 2016 Last night RTE’s Prime Time programme highlighted the case of a child who remained in the same Foster Care placement in circumstances where there were child protection allegations. This raises serious concerns of how the State...
by EPIC Admin | Feb 19, 2016 | Archive, Press Releases
‘5 Nations, 1 Voice’: Alliance connecting care-experienced young people launches with #CareDay! Five charities representing children in care and care leavers are joining together to connect and support these young people to shape policy and effect change across the...
by EPIC Admin | Feb 19, 2016 | Archive, Blog-events-announcements, Press Releases
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: EPIC and TUSLA Celebrate #CAREDAY 2016! Immediate Release: 19/02/16 Where: Ombudsman for Children’s Office, Millennium Walk, Strand Street, Dublin 1. When: 19th February 2016 EPIC and Tusla – The Child and Family Agency will officially...
by EPIC Admin | Feb 11, 2016 | Archive, Foster Care, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 11th February 2016 A HIQA Inspection report of a private fostering care service provider released today highlights a considerable number of placements for children in care ending in an unplanned manner. While the inspection outlines how many...
by EPIC Admin | Feb 11, 2016 | Archive, Good News, Press Releases
Diary Notice: EPIC Goes Into the West! When: Monday, February 15th from 2pm-5pm Where: ILAS Building, NUIG, Galway. Immediate Release: 11th February 2016 EPIC will launch its National Advocacy Service in the West region on the 15th of February 2016. The aim of...
by EPIC Admin | Feb 4, 2016 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 4th February 2016 EPIC welcomes the recommendations published by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. A number of essential recommendations have been outlined by the Committee in order for the State to uphold the rights of children. Children...
by EPIC Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | Archive, Press Releases
3rd February 2016 The recent revelations that two young women with intellectual disabilities were left in an abusive foster care home despite evidence that it was unsafe again highlights the exceptional vulnerability of our children in the care of the state. The fact...
by EPIC Admin | Jan 14, 2016 | Archive, Press Releases
14th January 2016 State under Scrutiny by UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Today the Irish Government will be examined on upholding children’s rights by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva. Children’s rights organisations have been working...
by EPIC Admin | Dec 11, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
EPIC Welcomes Ban on Slapping Children Immediate Release: 11th December 2015 EPIC welcomes the Government’s ban on slapping children which effectively came into force at midnight. The new law removes the defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ where a person uses...
by EPIC Admin | Nov 5, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 5th November 2015 A report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has identified the lack of suitable placements available during inspection of a children’s residential care home. The HIQA report highlighted that despite...
by EPIC Admin | Oct 22, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 22nd October 2015 The independent watchdog, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), have today published findings following an unannounced follow-up inspection of the children detention schools at Oberstown campus. The report highlights...
by EPIC Admin | Oct 21, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 21st October 2015 EPIC warmly welcomes the publication of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 as a step in the right direction towards our ultimate goal of full legal entitlement to aftercare services for all young people leaving care. The Child...
by EPIC Admin | Oct 7, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
‘ATTENTION CARE LEAVERS! CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH’ Celebrating the 3rd Annual National Care Leavers Day IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7th October 2015 EPIC and Care Leavers Ireland will host the 3rd annual, National Care Leavers conference on Thursday 8th October 2015. The event...
by EPIC Admin | Oct 5, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 5th October 2015 EPIC has been talking about inadequate funding of services for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, since its inception. EPIC strongly supports Gordon Jeyes, CEO of Tusla, in his request for an increase in funding for the Agency. If...
by EPIC Admin | Aug 31, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 31st August 2015 Serious concerns have been identified in a HIQA report on Ballydowd Special Care Unit. The inspection solely focused on the overuse of single separation. The report outlines the need for improvements in relation to single...
by EPIC Admin | Aug 7, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 7th August 2015 In a new report published by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, it found that the Health Service Executive (HSE) ‘failed’ children living in residential care homes. The Ombudsman for Children, Niall Muldoon, stated that as a result...
by EPIC Admin | Jul 21, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 21st July 2015 Under the Child Care Act 1991, as amended by the Child and Family Agency Act 2013, the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) has a statutory duty to promote the welfare of children who are not receiving adequate care and protection. It is...
by EPIC Admin | Jul 14, 2015 | Archive, Press Releases
Immediate Release: 14th July 2015 EPIC is delighted to be announced as a winner of the Ulster Bank Skills & Opportunities Fund. The Ulster Bank Skills & Opportunities Fund have granted EPIC €48,500 to deliver an exciting peer-led life skills programme for...
