Representation and participation in child care proceedings: what about the voice of the parents?

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dc.contributor.authorO'Mahony, Conor
dc.contributor.authorBurns, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorParkes, Aisling
dc.contributor.authorShore, Caroline
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Corken
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-24T10:12:39Z
dc.date.available2016-05-24T10:12:39Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-02
dc.date.updated2016-05-23T11:28:29Z
dc.description.abstractIn Ireland, the Constitution guarantees very strong rights to parents and the family, and there has been a long and unfortunate history of failures to adequately protect children at risk. As a result, there has been much discussion in recent years about the need to improve legal mechanisms designed to protect the rights of children. By comparison, little attention has been given to establishing whether the theoretically strong rights of parents translate into strongly protected rights in practice. This paper presents new empirical evidence on the manner in which child care proceedings in Ireland balance the rights and interests of children and parents, including the rates at which orders are granted, the frequency of and conditions in which legal representation is provided, and the extent to which parents are able to actively participate in proceedings. A number of systemic issues are identified that restrict the capacity of the system to emphasise parental rights and hear the voice of parents to the extent that would be expected when looking at the legal provisions in isolation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity College Cork (UCC Strategic Research Fund, the School of Law Strategic Fund and the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science)en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity College Cork (UCC Strategic Research Fund, the School of Law Strategic Fund and the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationO’Mahony, C., Burns, K., Parkes, A. & Shore, C. 2016. Representation and participation in child care proceedings: what about the voice of the parents? Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2016.1176338en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09649069.2016.1176338
dc.identifier.endpage21en
dc.identifier.issn0964-9069
dc.identifier.issn1469-9621
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Social Welfare and Family Lawen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2605
dc.identifier.volume38en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.rights© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law on 02/06/2016, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2016.1176338en
dc.subjectChild protectionen
dc.subjectParental rightsen
dc.subjectLegal representationen
dc.subjectParticipationen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.titleRepresentation and participation in child care proceedings: what about the voice of the parents?en
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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