NORTHERN IRELAND: Charities to pursue protection inquiry

20 January 2004

Two children's charities are taking forward a major inquiry into child protection services in Northern Ireland that stalled in October 2002 when the country's Assembly was suspended.

Barnardo's and the NSPCC are now leading the review, sifting through submitted written and oral evidence.

NSPCC NI policy officer Colin Reid said they hoped to publish information and recommendations within the next six months.

The inquiry began in Spring 2002, following a rise in numbers of reported child abuse cases and concerns over the high number of children on the Child Protection Register. It set out to look at the roles and responsibilities of relevant agencies, resources, legislative frameworks and the role of the child protection register.

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