• Report of consultations with children on after-school care 

  Horgan, Deirdre; O'Riordan, Jacqui; Martin, Shirley; O'Sullivan, Jane (Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Government Publications, 2017)

  There has been an increasing focus on developing policy in the area of after-school care in Ireland in the past two years. In January 2015, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs announced the establishment of an ...
• Children and young people's experiences of participation in decision-making at home, in schools and in their communities 

  Horgan, Deirdre; Forde, Catherine; Parkes, Aisling; Martin, Shirley (Department of Children and Youth Affairs, 2015-06)

  The aim of this study is to explore the extent to which children and young people, aged 7-17 and living in contemporary urban and rural Ireland, are able to participate and influence matters affecting them in their homes, ...
• The social care needs of unaccompanied minors: the Irish experience 

  Horgan, Deirdre; Ní Raghallaigh, Muireann (Sage Publications, 2017-04)

  The practical and operational challenges of responding to disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes are well known. The recent decision by the UN Human Rights Council to commission research on best practices ...
• Child participatory research methods: attempts to go ‘deeper’ 

  Horgan, Deirdre (Sage Publications, 2016-05-17)

  Along with the growth of child participatory research an increased focus on its complexity, specifically unaddressed power inequities in the research relationship and unreflexive use of methods, has developed. This article ...
• Consultations with children and young people and their impact on policy in Ireland 

  Horgan, Deirdre (Cogitatio Press, 2017-09-26)

  This article will examine the participatory structures for consulting with children in Ireland. It provides a background with reference to the National Strategy on Children and Young People's Participation in Decision-making ...

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