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10th January 2007
NICCY to ask if high risk sex offenders have returned unchecked to NI
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children...
15th January 2007 Commissioner acknowledges report and calls for recommendations to be implemented The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today...
Speech by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, at the official opening of Lakewood Regional Care...
18th January 2007
Patricia Lewsley, the Commissioner for Children and Young People has today expressed her grave concern at media reports that there are 17 children and young people...
25th January 2007
NICCY on the road to hear from children first hand
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today visited...
26th January 2007
NICCY meets Minister, parents, children and staff to seek resolution
THE Northern Ireland...
30th January 2007
NICCY welcomes first step for learning disabled children, but ‘more could have been done’
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Speech by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, at the European Studies International Planning Conference, Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle, Co...
5th February 2007
NICCY asks for co-ordinated plan
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today called for action...
13th February 2007
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today backed Playboard’s call for more play time in school!
Ms Lewsley...
14th February 2007
NICCY “no surprise that we’re bottom of the league” THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, has said the...
28th February 2007 NICCY Manifesto calls for four promises candidates can make to children
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People today...
1st March 2007
Statement from Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children’s Commissioner for England, Maria Battle, Acting Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Patricia Lewsley,...
Speech by Marlene Kinghan, Head of Communication and Participation at NICCY, to the Young Ones Seminar on Domestic Violence Thank you madam chairperson and everyone for your warm welcome today!...
Speech by Patricia Lewsley Commissioner for Children and Young People at the ‘Why wait’ symposium, Lisburn Civic Centre 13 th March 2006
Young people, ladies and gentlemen
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23rd March 2007
Commissioner welcomes the Government’s overhaul of services for children in care.
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia...
23rd March 2007
NICCY calls on NIHE to end Seven Towers squalor
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today called...
29th March 2007
NICCY calls for action to improve services for children and young people with Asperger Syndrome THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young...
Speech given by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, at the Asperger’s Report launch on Thursday 29 th March 2007.
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Speech by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, at the Democra School Conference in the Island Centre, Lisburn.
Pupils, Mayor, ladies and gentlemen...
1 st May 2007 NICCY calls for school councils across Northern Ireland ONE week before the return of devolved powers to the Assembly, the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People,...
3rd May 2007
NICCY begins examination of children’s rights
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today began work to...
9 May 2007 “Pick up where the last Assembly left off” – NICCY THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley today urged the new Northern Ireland Executive...
15th May 2007
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, welcomed Tuesday’s Assembly debates on children’s issues as a clear sign that young...
16th May 2007
Welcome for mental health and learning disability board
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, has said the proposed...
30th May 2007 NICCY rights questionnaire online THE Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today invited Northern Ireland’s population to help gauge the state of children’s...
Speech delivered by the Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, at the launch of the Ulster Quakers Service on 15 th June 2007.
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20th June 2007
NICCY meets OFMDFM
– discusses key issues affecting children and young people
TODAY’S meeting between the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children...
27th June 2007 THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley has today published her response to Government action on checking adults who want to work with, or...
29th June 2007
THE Education Minister’s commitment to tackle bullying in schools can help end this scourge through concerted effort, the Northern Ireland Commissioner for...
29th June 2007
NICCY meets health minister
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, has told Health Minister...
226 less for NI children compared to Scotland
A LANDMARK report launched today by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, shows children are being...
Play is one of NICCY's priorities. The press release below was sent to the media to coincide with the Commissioner chairing Playboard and National Children's Bureau's Play Summit. Play and leisure are...
5th October 2007
THE decision by PSNI Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde to introduce Tasers into Northern Ireland must be reversed said Children’s Commission, Patricia Lewsley.
Ms...
10th October 2007
Listen to the voice of children and young people
CHILDREN and young people’s voices need to be heard in planning mental health services, the Children’s...
11th October 2007
THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today called on all sides in the classroom assistant’s strike to put the children first...
NICCY helps children’s sector deliver key messages to minister VOLUNTARY, community and non-Governmental groups can bring valuable insight on children’s issues to the Northern Ireland Executive, Children’s...
NICCY expresses concern at budget
GOVERNMENT needs to re-think its budget plans to make sure children and young people do not suffer further reduced services, the Commissioner for Children...
Presentation of review welcomed
The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People (NICCY), Patricia Lewsley, welcomed the presentation of a review of her office to the Committee...
15 November 2007 NICCY’s call to Northern Ireland’s children and young people CHILDREN and young people can shape the future of the children’s commissioner’s work for the next three years as part...
19th November 2007 The Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, has called for the media to display sensitivity in reporting the Omagh fire tragedy, which claimed...
20th November 2007 NICCY marks Universal Day of the Child with the ‘108’ NORTHERN Ireland’s children and young people need to have a say in the decisions that affect their lives was the message...
21st November 2007 THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley today reported on the ongoing success of her office to the Committee for the First Minister and...
6th December 2007 BULLYING, outdated policies and poor levels of attendance mean Traveller Children are not achieving their potential in education, according to a major review published today. The...
7th December 2007 THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, today backed the European-wide call for governments to implement the UN Convention on the Rights...
13th December 2007 WATCH out for children on the roads this festive season is the message from the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, as she launched her...
21st December 2007 THE Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Patricia Lewsley, will carry on with her challenge to protect children and young people from all forms of physical...