Publications & Resources

Annual Reports

Annual Report 2023

Annual Report 2019

Financial statements 2019

June 2020

Annual Report 2022

Financial statements 2022

June 2023

Annual Report 2018

Financial Statements 2018

June 2019

Annual Report 2021

Financial statements 2021

June 2022

Annual Report 2017

Financial Statements 2017

June 2018

Annual Report 2020

Financial statements 2020

Combined Annual Report 2012-2016

June 2017

Strategy & Policy Documents

Oberstown Strategy 2022-2026

November 2022

Oberstown Strategic Plan, 2017 -2020

Living our strategy:
A review of the Oberstown strategic plan

December 2018

Oberstown participation strategy

October 2017

Children First: National guidance for the protection and welfare of children

Update 2017

Better outcomes, Brighter futures

This national policy document sets out a plan to achieve optimum outcomes and bright futures for all children and their families.

Policy 2014-2020

Oberstown Policy Documents

Children’s Rights Policy Framework

September 2021

Statement of Purpose and Function

Safeguarding

Oberstown social media guidelines

Social media guidelines

Oberstown business information

Reports, Reviews & Inspections

Oberstown HIQA inspection report of 2023

Inspection September 2023, published February 2024

Oberstown HIQA inspection report of 2019

Oberstown HIQA inspection report of 2022

Inspection November 2022, published March 2023

Oberstown HIQA inspection report of 2021

Oberstown HIQA inspection report of 2020

Behaviour management review

October 2018

Review Implementation Group Action Plan Report

May 2018

Review Implementation Group Report

December 2017

Oberstown Summary Report of External Reviews

July 2017

Research & Resources

Key Characteristics of Young People in Detention Report 2019

October 2019

Key Characteristics of Young People in Detention Report for Q1 2018

June 2018

Future of Policing submission

January 2018

Key Characteristics of Young People in Detention, Q1 2017 Summary Report of External Reviews

June 2017

Building Relationships with Young People to Improve Pro-Social Outcomes.

January 2016

Legislation & International Standards

Children Act, 2001

REVISED (Updated to 3 May 2023)

Child-friendly justice guidelines (GCFJ)

2010

The European Rules for juvenile offenders subject to sanctions or measures (ERJO)

2008

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

1990

The UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (The Riyadh Guidelines)

1990

The UN Rules for the Protection of Juvenile Deprived of their Liberty (The Havana Rules)

1990

The UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

1987

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)

1987

The UN Standards Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (The Beijing Rules)

1985

The European Convention on Human Rights

1950 (as amended)

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.

Necessary

Necessary

Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

Cookie	Duration	Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement	1 year	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Advertisement".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics	1 year	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional	1 year	The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	1 year	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others	1 year	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance	1 year	This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy	11 months	The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Functional

Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

Performance

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

Cookie	Duration	Description
YSC	session	This cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
_gat	1 day	This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Cookie	Duration	Description
_ga	2 years	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gid	1 day	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form.

Advertisement

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

Cookie	Duration	Description
IDE	1 year 24 days	Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
test_cookie	15 minutes	This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	5 months 27 days	This cookie is set by YouTube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.

Others

Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

Cookie	Duration	Description
CONSENT	16 years 9 months 23 days 9 hours 8 minutes	No description
_gat_gtag_UA_109714532_1	1 minute	No description