A plan to strengthen the voice of children and young people in their local communities, in formal and informal education settings, in health and social services and in the national context of government decision-making.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an important agreement by countries who have promised to protect children’s rights.
The Direct Provision system is the means through which the State provides accommodation, food and personal expenses to asylum seekers while their applications for asylum status are being processed.
This document brings together the current thinking and practice on human rights based approaches in the education sector. It presents key issues and challenges in rights-based approaches and provides a framework for policy and programme development.
In recent years, children’s voice initiatives in education have gained increased recognition and application. However, while the concept of child and student ‘voice’ is not new, there remains a high level of inconsistency in how voice-focused initiatives are implemented across education sectors.
This National Sexual Health Strategy is Ireland’s first national framework for sexual health and wellbeing.
As the Heritage Council formulated its strategic plan for the period 2018-2022, consideration was given to key questions
Children and young people have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives.
This research report on the experiences of young students with special educational needs (SEN), and their parents, of the move from primary to
post primary school.
Just under 13,000 cases of skin cancer are diagnosed annually in Ireland. This is twice the number compared to 10 years ago and is projected to more than double again by 2045