This is the Education publications section. Here you can find
all publications, reports and presentations for this heritage
area of interest. Children First: National Guidance for the
Protection & Welfare of Children (2011) Published by the Dept.
of Children & Youth Affairs. This publication is intended to
assist people in identifying and reporting child abuse and
neglect and deal effectively with concerns. It highlights the
roles and responsibilities of the HSE and An Garda Síochána,
which are the two agencies with statutory responsibility for
child protection. It also offers guidance to agencies and
community and voluntary organisations which have contact with or
provide services to children. Download Children First: National
Guidelines for the Protection & Welfare of Children here[PDF
1.2MB]. Wild Child Poll: Quantitative Survey (2010) This
research, commissioned by Heritage Council, was undertaken in
order to understand the types of activities that today's adults
undertook as children, and the extent to w