Dublin City Children's Services Committee
Dublin Children’s Services Committee is one of four pilot committees established by the Office of the Minister for Children & Youth Affairs under the City or County Development Boards. The children’s services committees are identified in Towards 2016 Partnership agreement, set up to achieve coordinated and integrated children’s services within the Local Authority catchment area.
Download a pdf version of the Dublin City Children's Services Committee "Annual Report 2009" below:
- DCCSC Annual Report 2009 pdf | 2Mb
Click on the following for more information;
- Office of the Minister for Children
- The National Children’s Strategy
- The Lifecycle Framework
- Dublin City Development Board
The Dublin City Children’s Services Committee is made up of representatives from Community, Voluntary & Statutory agencies from across the city that provide support, and / or service delivery to children in Dublin City.
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Members
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Terms of Reference
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Values
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Visions and Goals
We endorse the vision as set out in Towards 2016 for children in Ireland is a society where children are respected as young citizens with a valued contribution to make and a voice of their own...more »
Office of the Minister for Children
| The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) is part of the Department of Health and Children. |
| The role of the OMCYA, which was set up by the Government in December 2005, is to improve the lives of children under the National Children’s Strategy and bring greater coherence to policy-making for children. Children now have a stronger voice on issues that affect them through the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, who attends all Cabinet meetings... more » |
The National Children's Strategy
| Our Children — Their Lives, was published in November 2000 after extensive consultation with parents and groups working with children, as well as with children themselves. |
| The strategy is a 10-year plan of action, which calls on the statutory agencies, the voluntary sector and local communities to work to improve the quality of all children’s lives. It includes a range of actions across such areas as giving children a voice so that their views are considered in relation to matters that affect them, eliminating child poverty, ensuring children have access to play and recreation facilities, and improving research on children’s lives in Ireland. |
The Lifecycle Framework
| The adoption of the lifecycle framework, as set out by the National Economic and Social Council in its’ report, The Developmental Welfare State, is a key innovative feature of the Toward 2016 agreement. |
| The lifecycle approach places the individual at the centre of policy development and delivery by assessing the risks facing him/her, and the supports available to him/her to address those risks, at key stages in his/her life. The key lifecycle stages are identified as: Children; People of Working Age; Older People, and People with Disabilities. The chapter outlines a new framework within which to address key social challenges for each lifecycle stage. An agreed vision and key long-term goals for each stage of the lifecycle, together with agreed priority actions for the initial phase of the Agreement, are identified. |
Dublin City Development Board
| The Dublin City Development Board (DCDB) is a partnership of key agencies influencing local development in the city. It is an independent board which works under and is supported by the Local Authority. |
| The main aim of the DCDB is to establish a strategy for social, cultural and economic development and to oversee its implementation. This will be a broadly based strategy covering all major services and will be the result of an intensive research and consultation process. Consultation with local communities is a vital form of the process. The Board aims to involve local communities in the process of developing the 'shared vision' for the area.. more » |