Sunday 4 December, 2022
This is the first time the Department of Education has updated its bullying action plan since 2013.
Currently, female councillors are office-holders rather than employees and are not covered by the statutory framework for maternity leave.
The report has compared the lives of nine-year-olds in 2007/8 and nine-year-olds in 2017/18.
There cannot be a ‘Scrooge-like agenda’ said Minister Patrick O’Donovan.
Since October two of the 28 probable hepatitis cases have resulted in liver transplants and one child has died.
One parent told the report: ‘I feel guilty worrying about money because I’m so happy my children are well.’
A 2022 report on exercise among children and adolescents found a number of inequalities in achieving the minimum recommended physical activity.
Minister Roderic O’Gorman said his focus is on improving affordability for parents in this year’s Budget.
The service, run by the ISPCC, is looking for new volunteers.
Police believe the bodies were likely to have been in storage for several years.
These products pose a risk of cuts and suffocation.
The Children’s Rights Alliance has said that the issues for Irish children and young people are starting to worsen.
Parents have been contacted this week with the news.
Lengthy delays and a lack of resources were the main issues noted.
The case concerns a challenge brought by a serving prisoner.
Donnelly said it is important to him ‘that children get access to the drug that they need’.
A new report finds that the average weekly fee nationally per child for full day childcare is €186.84.
There have been six probable cases of the illness in Ireland, and one child has sadly died.
Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman yesterday issued an apology in the Seanad on behalf of the Government.
The report compiles data in a number of policy areas relating to children’s wellbeing.
The HSE said a number of children in this age group had Covid over the Christmas period, but they are now eligible for their jab.
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said “far too many” children are waiting too long for orthopaedic surgery
When Stephen Donnelly was in Opposition he told Simon Harris that the drug called Cariban should be available on the drugs payment scheme.
The Taoiseach said earlier that the findings will be addressed in a “non-adversarial way”.
The Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman said the project will provide “new and important insights”.
The executive will issue written apologies to around 250 families.
Survivors say they will keep protesting until the scheme is changed.
Parents can register their child for the vaccine if they have a health condition that puts them at higher risk, or if they live with someone who is at higher risk.
Comprehensive information and guidance will be offered to parents, said Micheál Martin.
Micheál Martin said that vulnerable children will begin to receive vaccines from 20 December.
Whether parents buy something – or not – for their children’s teachers, Margaret Lynch says it’s important to thank them.
The HSE has been “working around the clock” on how best to distribute the message to parents.
Mary Lou McDonald says children and teachers are left freezing in classrooms as windows must be left open.
One child has been taken out of the school because of the lack of on-site clinicians with the relevant skills.
Consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Connor Green made a passionate plea to overhaul the system.
Prof Breda Smyth said that children in this age group are in contact with one another “a lot”.
