Child Care Law Reporting Project Interim Report

Children in the Republic of Ireland are most frequently taken into care for neglect, and almost a fifth of children taken into care have special needs, according to this report from the newly created Child Care Law Reporting Project.

The report’s striking findings also show a “totally disproportionate” number of African children in care, with African children more than 20 times more likely to come before the courts than Irish children.

Until very recently, these child care proceedings could not be attended by members of the media. By collecting new data, providing statistics, and analysing case reports, the Project aims to help bring transparency to the child care court process.