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Legislation and official policy documents
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2018) LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: https://assets.gov.ie/24459/9355b474de34447cb9a55261542a39cf.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2018) Mid-term Review of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures. Dublin: Government Publications.
https://assets.gov.ie/38401/b6fd3f579d514bb79f65d692970b55e6.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2016) Statement of Strategy 2016 – 2019.
https://assets.gov.ie/22617/34eed417db704d239a3d7accebd434ad.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2016) Comhairle na nÓg Toolkit: Second Edition. Dublin: Government Publications.
https://www.comhairlenanog.ie/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Comhairle-na-nOg-Toolkit-2nd-edition.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2015) National Youth Strategy 2015-2020. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: https://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/publications/20151008NatYouthStrat2015to2020.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2015) National Strategy on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-Making, 2015- 2020. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at:
https://assets.gov.ie/24462/48a6f98a921446ad85829585389e57de.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2014) Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: The National Policy Framework for Children and Young People, 2014-2020. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: http://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/cypp_framework/BetterOutcomesBetterFutureReport.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2012) State of the Nation’s Children: Ireland 2012. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: http://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/research/StateoftheNationsChildren2012.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2011) Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: http://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/Publications/ChildrenFirst.pdf
Department of Children and Youth Affairs (2011) National Strategy for Research and Data on Children’s Lives, 2011-2016. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: http://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/publications/NSRD_main-report.pdf
Department of Education and Skills (2016) National Skills Strategy 2025. Dublin: Government Publications.
https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/PolicyReports/pub_national_skills_strategy_2025.pdf
Department of Education and Skills (2014) Further Education and Training Strategy 2014 – 2019. Dublin: Government Publications.
Department of Education and Skills (2014) Review of Apprenticeship Training in Ireland. Dublin: Government Publications.
Department of Education and Skills (2005) DEIS (Delivering Equality Of Opportunity In Schools): An Action Plan for Educational Inclusion. Dublin: Government Publications.
https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/PolicyReports/deis_action_plan_on_educational_inclusion.pdf
Department of Education and Skills (1998) Education Act, 1998. Dublin: Government Publications.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1998/act/51/enacted/en/html
Department of Employment Affairs & Social Protection (2019) Report of the Social Inclusion Forum 2019 - Summary Report. Dublin: Government Publications.
http://www.welfare.ie/en/pdf/Report-of-the-Social-Inclusion-Forum-2019-Summary-Report.pdf
Department of Health and Children (2000) Our Children – Their Lives: National Children’s Strategy, 2000-2010. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: http://www.dcya.gov.ie/viewdoc.asp?Docid=64&CatID=13&mn=&StartDate=01+January+2000
Department of Justice (2017) National Strategy for Women and Girls. Dublin: Government Publication.
Department of Justice and Equality (2017) The National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. Dublin: Government Publications.
Department of Justice and Equality (2011) The National Traveller/Roma Integration Strategy. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/files/roma_ireland_strategy_en.pdf
Department of the Taoiseach (2006) Towards 2016: Ten-Year Framework Social Partnership Agreement 2006-2015.
Government of Ireland (1991) Child Care Act 1991. Available at: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1991/en/act/pub/0017/index.html
Government of Ireland (1996) Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act, 1996. Dublin: Government Publications.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1996/act/16/enacted/en/html
Government of Ireland (2000) Education (Welfare) Act 2000. Available at: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0022/index.html
Government of Ireland (2000) White Paper on a Framework for Supporting Voluntary Activity and for Developing the Relationship between the State and the Community and Voluntary sector.
https://assets.gov.ie/5588/150119115748-be0d73b998894701b4bf3b9872021bfe.pdf
Government of Ireland (2001) Children Act 2001. Available at: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0024/index.html
Government of Ireland (2001) Youth Work Act. Dublin: The Stationary Office.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/42/enacted/en/print
Government of Ireland (2001) Referendum Act 2001. Dublin: Government Publications.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/53/enacted/en/html
Government of Ireland (2001) Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act. Dublin: Government Publications.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/45/enacted/en/html
Government of Ireland (2002) Ombudsman for Children Act 2002. Available at: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/act/pub/0022/index.html
Government of Ireland (2010) Civil Law Bill 2010. Dublin: Government Publications.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2010/44/
Government of Ireland (2012) Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act. Dublin: Government Publications.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2012/act/28/enacted/en/html
Government of Ireland (2013) Child and Family Agency Act 2013. Available at: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2013/en.act.2013.0040.pdf
Government of Ireland (2014) Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014. Available at: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/pdf/2014/en.act.2014.0025.pdf
Government of Ireland (2014) Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014. Dublin: Government Publications.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/act/26/enacted/en/html
Government of Ireland (2014) National Policy Statement on Entrepreneurship in Ireland. Dublin: Government Publications.
Joint Oireachtas Report on Volunteers and Volunteering in Ireland 2006: Towards 2016.
http://archive.oireachtas.ie/2005/REPORT_20050101_0.html
National Committee on Volunteering (2002) Tipping the Balance. Report and Recommendations to Government on Supporting and Developing Volunteering in Ireland. Dublin: National Committee on Volunteering.
https://assets.gov.ie/5587/150119115733-35c3c63a13d248ada01a713955efae4e.pdf
Office for Social Inclusion (2015) Updated National Action Plan for Social Inclusion, 2015-2017. Dublin: Government Publications.
Office for Social Inclusion (2007) National Action Plan for Social Inclusion, 2007-2016. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at: http://socialinclusion.ie/documents/NAPinclusionReportPDF.pdf
Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2010) The National Quality Standards Framework (NQSF) for Youth Work. Dublin: Government Publications. Available at:
http://www.dcya.gov.ie/documents/publications/NQSF_Publication_ENGLISH_270710.pdf
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) Available at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx
Data and statistics
CSO (2019) Monthly Unemployment Statistics
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/er/mue/monthlyunemploymentseptember2019/
Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government Homelessness Report October 2019
https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/homeless_report_-_october_2019.pdf
Focus Ireland Homeless statistics 2019
https://www.focusireland.ie/resource-hub/latest-figures-homelessness-ireland/?t=$3#Youth
Growing Up in Ireland: The National Longitudinal Study of Children in Ireland: https://www.growingup.ie
Oberstown Children Detention Campus
Irish Prison Service Statistics: https://www.irishprisons.ie/wp-content/uploads/documents_pdf/Age-and-Gender-of-persons-committed-to-prison-by-Year-2007-to-2017.pdf
DCYA State of the Nation’s Children Reports:
Volunteer Ireland: Volunteering statistics https://www.volunteer.ie/resources/volunteering-statistics/
Studies, reports and academic publications
Active Citizenship Office (2007) Active Citizenship in Ireland Progress Report 2007 – 2008 and Annual Plan 2008 – 2009.
BeLonG To Youth Services (2019) The School Climate Report.
http://belongto.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/BeLonG-To-School-Climate-Report-2019.pdf
Department of Justice and Equality (2017) Report of DCYA Consultations with Children and Young People Living in Direct Provision.
Eurofound (2017) Long-term unemployed youth: Characteristics and policy responses. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef1729en.pdf
Eurofound (2014) Social situation of young people in Europe. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_files/pubdocs/2014/04/en/2/EF1404EN.pdf
Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) Forecasting the Future Demand for High Level ICT Skills in Ireland, 2017-2022.
Foroige (2012) The Foróige Youth Citizenship Programme Evaluation Report.
Galway: UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre, NUI Galway.
https://www.foroige.ie/sites/default/files/citizenship_evaluation_report.pdf
GHK (2010): Study on Volunteering in the European Union – Country Report Ireland. Study on behalf of the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education and Culture).
https://ec.europa.eu/citizenship/pdf/national_report_ie_en.pdf
Indecon (2019) Indecon Review of Career Guidance:
https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Education-Reports/indecon-review-of-career-guidance.pdf
Keane, E. (2016) The flexicurity system in Ireland. European Labour Law Journal (2016) 7 (2), pp. 310-320.
https://ulir.ul.ie/bitstream/handle/10344/5283/Keane_2016_fexicurity.pdf?sequence=1
Lundy, L. (2007) ‘Voice is not enough: Conceptualizing Article 12 of the UNCRC’, British
Educational Research Journal, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 927-42.
National Youth Council of Ireland (2011) NYCI Pre-Budget Submission 2019: Future Proof with Investment in Youth. Dublin: NYCI.
https://www.youth.ie/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/NYCI-Pre-Budget-Submission.pdf
National Youth Council of Ireland (2011) Lending a Hand: A Report on Young People and Volunteering in Ireland. Dublin: NYCI.
https://www.youth.ie/documents/lending-a-hand-young-people-and-volunteering/
Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) (2014) An Overview of the Irish Labour Market. Dublin: NERI.
Ombudsman for Children Office (2019) No Place Like Home: Children’s views and experiences of living in Family Hubs.
https://www.oco.ie/app/uploads/2019/04/No-Place-Like-Home.pdf
Social Justice Ireland (2019) Poverty Focus 2019.
Official websites
Adoption Authority of Ireland
An Garda Síochána (police)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/mental-health-services/camhs/
Citizen’s Information
https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/
Civil Defence
Central Statistics Office (CSO)
Children and Young People’s Services Committees (CYPSC)
Children’s Rights Alliance
https://www.childrensrights.ie
Comhairle na nÓg
https://www.comhairlenanog.ie/?redir=1
Dail na nÓg
https://www.comhairlenanog.ie/dail-na-nog/
Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation
Department of Children and Youth Affairs
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-children-and-youth-affairs/?referrer=/
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Department of Education and Skills
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/home.aspx
Department of Health
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-health/
Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
https://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/housing
Department of Justice and Equality
Department of Rural and Community Development
https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/department-of-rural-and-community-development/?referrer=/
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
ECO-UNESCO
Educational Research Centre
Enterprise Ireland
https://enterprise-ireland.com/en/
European Social Fund in Ireland
European Solidarity Corps
http://www.europeansolidarity.ie
Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN)
Foróige
Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
Gaisce Presidents Award
Generation Apprenticeship
Health Information and Quality Authority
Health Service Executive
Higher Education Authority
Hub na nÓg
Irish Girl Guides
https://www.irishgirlguides.ie
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC)
Irish Second Level Students Union (ISSU)
Irish Youth Justice Service
Jigsaw, The National Centre for Youth Mental Health
Le Chéile Mentoring and Youth Justice Support Services
Local Enterprise Offices
https://www.localenterprise.ie
Localise
Macra na Feirme
National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE)
National Youth Council of Ireland
Oberstown Children Detention Campus
Ombudsman for Children Office
Order of Malta
https://orderofmaltaireland.org
Our Voices Our School
https://www.ourvoicesourschools.ie
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI)
Reception and Integration Agency (RIA)
SOLAS
Scouting Ireland
Spunout- Ireland’s youth information website
St Vincent de Paul Youth Development Programme
https://www.svp.ie/what-we-do/young-svp.aspx
The Referendum Commission
Tusla, The Child and Family Agency
Union of Students in Ireland (USI)
Voluntary Service International (VSI)
Voluntary Service Overseas Ireland (VSO)
Volunteer Ireland
Young Social Innovators
https://www.youngsocialinnovators.ie
Youthreach
https://www.education.ie/en/Learners/Information/Youthreach/
Youth Theatre Ireland
Youth Work Ireland