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Parental Leave
(Barnardos, 2018)Parents have the biggest influence on a child’s early life, particularly in their first year. The experiences children have during their first year lays the foundation for the rest of their childhood and for the adults ... -
Play and Recreation
(Barnardos, 2008)Every time a child plays, they learn. By sharing and taking turns, negotiating obstacles, exercising imaginations and interacting with others, children develop the skills and experience that in turn lead to enhanced ... -
Presentation to Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure & Reform
(Barnardos, 2011)Barnardos welcomes the opportunity to present to the Committee and I would like to thank Deputy White and members for inviting us this morning. Barnardos provides services to children and families in 42 projects across ... -
Presentation to TD briefing on Public Health (Alcohol) Bill for Alcohol Action Ireland
(Barnardos, 2016)Barnardos welcomes the main provisions in the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill which aim to tackle Ireland’s harmful relationship with alcohol and bring about significant improvements in public health, safety and wellbeing. ... -
Programme for Government Recommendations
(Barnardos, 2020)The Covid19 crisis has had widespread implications for children and families in Ireland. Children are bearing an enormous burden placed on them by this pandemic. Vulnerable and at risk children, such as those Barnardos ... -
Reality of Life for Children and Families Struggling with Recession
(Barnardos, 2010)Barnardos services across Ireland are seeing daily the impact of the recession on children and families, many of whom are struggling to cope against a backdrop of reduced household income and widespread cuts to public ... -
Reflections on Ireland’s UPR Process - from a Children’s Rights Perspective
(Barnardos, 2015)There have been some welcome developments in relation to the advancement of children’s rights since Ireland’s last UPR review in 2010, including most significantly the 31st Constitutional amendment which introduced ... -
Reorganising Child and Family Support Services: Discussion Paper
(Barnardos, 2011)Services for children and families in Ireland have long been divided across political Department lines, particularly at the national level. On the ground, services have developed in an ad hoc manner, responding to local ... -
Review and Amendment of Procedures for Hearing and Determining Appeals In Preparation for the Commencement of the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007
(Barnardos, 2007)Barnardos believes that the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 downgrades a child’s right to an education as enshrined in the Irish Constitution. Unlike the Education Act 1998 and the Education (Welfare) Act 2000 ... -
Review of the Procedures for Hearing and Determining Appeals
(Barnardos, 2007)Barnardos believes that the Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 downgrades a child’s right to an education as enshrined in the Irish Constitution. Unlike the Education Act 1998 and the Education (Welfare) ... -
Saving Childhood Ryan: Fighting for Children Together
(Barnardos and others, 2010)The publication, of the Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (commonly known as the Ryan Report) on 20 May 2009 revealed horrific wrongdoings perpetrated against children living in institutions during the ... -
Saving Childhood, Children's Rights Referendum: Not Sometime; Now
(Barnardos and others, 2010)The Saving Childhood Group (Barnardos, CARI, Children’s Rights Alliance, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Irish Association of Young People in Care, ISPCC, One in Four and Rape Crisis Network Ireland) commissioned Behaviour ... -
School Costs
(Barnardos, No date)Families on social welfare and those on low incomes face enormous financial pressure in meeting back to school costs. The cost of school books averages €144 for a primary school pupil and €302 for a student at second ... -
Separated Children in Foster Care
(Barnardos, 2011)Fostering is caring for someone else's child in one's own home – providing family life for a child who, for one reason or another, cannot live with his or her own parents, either on a short or a long term basis. Foster ... -
Separated Children in Foster Care: Seminar Paper
(Barnardos, 2011)In the last decade, over 2,900 separated children, who are children outside their country of origin without the protection of their parents or guardians, have come to Ireland and have been placed into the care of the Health ... -
Seven Steps to Ending Child Poverty
(Barnardos, 2005)Since 1997, the issue of child poverty has remained high on the political agenda with the result that there has been a strong commitment by Government to tackle it.This can be seen from the range of strategies and ... -
A Shared Understanding of Childhood Domestic Violence and Abuse
(Barnardos, 2021)One of the most basic human rights principles is the right to live free from violence, including the threat of violence. Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which came into force ... -
Shifting Focus: From Criminal Justice to Social Justice - Building Better and Safer Communities
(Barnardos and others, 2010)Crime cannot be viewed as a social problem in isolation from deeper social and economic issues. Understanding and responding to offending behaviour is a complex issue. There is no one ‘cause’ and no single solution; ... -
Stand for Children: The Children's Manifesto
(Barnardos, 2011)Children have been set low on the list of political priorities in Ireland for far too long. Too often they have been sidelined and voiceless. Those living in communities who are disenfranchised and marginalised are even ... -
Submission by Barnardos to the Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution
(Barnardos, 2005)Barnardos welcomes the initiative taken by the Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution in reviewing Family Rights in the Constitution. The importance of this constitutional review and the opportunity to effect positive change ...