On 17 May, Maynooth University launched the findings of the five-year PRIMERA research programme on mental health within families, a comprehensive HSE-funded programme, illustrating barriers that need to be addressed within mental health services. The HSE provided funding from 2017-2022 for the PRIMERA research programme (Promoting Research and Innovation in Mental hEalth seRvices for fAmilies and children) to...
The Ombudsman for Children’s office launched their Annual Report 2021 on 17 May 2022. The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) is a human rights institution that promotes the rights and welfare of children and young people under 18 years of age living in Ireland. The OCO investigates complaints about services provided to children by public...
On 27 April Minister O’Gorman launched a National Model of Parenting Support Services, which aims to ensure greater access and awareness of parenting support services, while also helping us to meet the needs of everyone who plays a parenting role in our society. The Model will improve and guide the development of parenting support services,...
On 12 April 2022, the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly T.D. paid a visit to one of the Community Mothers Programme sites at the Early Learning Initiative in the National College of Ireland in the Dublin Docklands. During the visit, the Minister had an opportunity to talk with parents attending the programme and their Home...
PEIN launched their Position Paper highlighting policy and practice recommendations and actions, included specific recommendations for the EU. Read and download here
The European Child Guarantee is an initiative that guarantees children in need access to key services to prevent and combat poverty and social exclusion. EU Member States are expected to submit their National Action Plans in mid-March 2022 outlining how they will implement it up to 2030. 6 country reports include recommendations for the design...
Children’s Rights Alliance launched the 2022 Report Card on 21 February. ‘As with last year’s report, the backdrop for this year’s publication is Covid-19. The pandemic changed so much for children and young people again in 2021 – school closures, reduced availability of services and stoppages of those activities that make life normal like playdates,...
Dr. Cliona Hannon is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Katharine Howard Foundation and a Chen Yidan Visiting Global Fellow in Harvard University 2021-2022. Cliona was formerly Director of the Trinity Access Programmes (1999-2021), Trinity College Dublin and a Visiting Fellow and Course Director in Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University (2016-21). She has developed...
Happy New Year to all and I hope this finds you well and surviving okay during the continuation of these strange times. I have now retired from the Foundation at the end of 2021. Having worked in this role for the past 23 years, I am ready to hand over the baton and have been...
Perspectives on Prevention, is a new podcast series, delivered by PEIN. The series is hosted by one of PEIN’s founding members, Marian Quinn, who chats to people who have experiences to share, insights to explore and expertise to draw on from the field of child and family services. Episode 1 features Vivian Geiran, the former...
