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• UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Guide to living in Residential Care

• 1991 Child Care Act

• 1995 Child Care (Placement of Children in Residential Care) Regulations

• 1996 Child Care (Standards in Children's Residential Centres) Regulations and Guide to Good Practice in Children's Residential Centres

• 1998 Protection for Persons Reporting Abuse

• 2000 Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act

• 2000 Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act

• 2001 Children Act

• 2002 Ombudsman for Children Act

• 2004 Our Duty To Care: Principles of Good Practice for the Protection of Children and Young People

• 2004 Trust in Care

• 2004 Commissions of Investigation Act

• 2005 Health and Social Care Professionals Act

• 2007 Child Care (Amendment) Act

• 2012 National Standards for the Protection and Welfare of Children (For HSE Children and Family Services)

• 2015 Children First Act

• 2015 Child Care (Amendment) Act

• 1988 Data Protection Act

• 2003 Data Protection (Amendment) Act