Browsing Submissions by Subject "Legislation"
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Adoption Bill 2009 Barnardos Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Health and Children
(Barnardos, 2009-12)Barnardos welcomes the introduction of the Adoption Bill 2009, published in January 2009 by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The Bill represents the consolidation of legislation on adoption and the placing of ... -
Initial Observations on the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009
(Barnardos, 2010-01)Barnardos, the Irish Association of Young People in Care and the Irish Foster Care Association (hereafter referred to as the group) welcomes the opportunity afforded by the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 to improve the ... -
National Vetting Bureau Bill - Committee Stage Debate
(Barnardos, 2012-10-17)Barnardos and ISPCC strongly welcomes the National Vetting Bureau Bill 2012. While it is disappointing that this Bill copies the 2011 Bill in proposing only the vetting of those in identified employment types rather than ... -
Submission into Reform of Mental Capacity Laws
(Barnardos, 2011-08-09)Barnardos welcomes the opportunity to feed into the reform of the mental capacity laws. Reform of the 1871 Lunacy Ireland Regulation Act has been mooted for a long time, most recently in 2008 when the then Minister for ... -
Submission into the Criminal Justice (Withholding Information on Crimes Against Children and Vulnerable Adults) Bill 2011
(Barnardos, 2011-09)Barnardos welcomes the opportunity to feed into the development of the Criminal Justice (Withholding Information on Crimes against Children and Vulnerable Adults) Bill 2011. This Bill is a necessary response to the Cloyne ... -
Submission into the National Vetting Bureau Bill 2011
(Barnardos, 2011-08-18)Barnardos welcomes the opportunity to feed into the development of the National Vetting Bureau Bill 2011. This Bill builds on the 2008 recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on ... -
Submission into the Review of Mental Health Act 2001
(Barnardos, 2011-10)Barnardos welcomes the opportunity to feed into the review of the Mental Health Act 2001. Barnardos believes that there is an urgent need to revise this Act in the interests of adhering to international best practice and ... -
Submission on Children First Bill 2012
(Barnardos, 2012-05)Barnardos welcomes the opportunity to make a submission and presentation to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children on the Children First Bill 2012. Barnardos has been a long time advocate of placing Children ... -
Submission on the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013
(Barnardos, 2013-07)Barnardos welcomes the publication of the Child and Family Agency Bill. This long awaited Bill will pave the way for the biggest restructuring of children’s services ever in the State. Barnardos strongly welcomes the Bill ... -
Submission on the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2010 Following Seanad Debate
(Barnardos, 2010)Following the Seanad debates on the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009, Barnardos, the Irish Association of Young People in Care and the Irish Foster Care Association (hereafter referred to as the group) continues to have ... -
Submission to Irish Council of Civil Liberty to Feed into the Universal Periodic Review
(Barnardos, 2011-02-24)Barnardos welcomes the opportunity to input into the Irish Council of Civil Liberties’ NGO report to the UN Human Rights Council. Barnardos believes that scrutinising Ireland’s performance through the Universal Periodic ...