CHILDREN ACT 2001 SEMINAR
SATURDAY 19TH JUNE 2004

9:00am - 1:00pm
ÁRAS NA MAC LÉINN/STUDENT CENTRE UCC

Website: http://www.ucc.ie/law/events

The aim of this seminar is to present details and analysis of the Children
Act 2001 and the extent to which it has been implemented to date.  The
seminar will be of interest to all those involved in its implementation
including Solicitors, Barristers, Members of the Judiciary, An Garda
Síochána, Probation Officers, Social Workers, Youth Workers, Health Board
staff, Teachers, Education Welfare Officers, Psychologists and detention
centre staff.

PROGRAMME

9.00am - 9.20am Registration (Tea/Coffee)

9.20am - 9.30am Opening Address by Mr. Brian Lenihan TD, Minister for State
at the Department of Health and Children

9.30am - 11.00am  Part One: Care and Welfare

Chair: Denise Kirwan Solicitor, Conway Kelleher Tobin

Geoffrey Shannon, Law Society: A critical overview of the Act

Breda Lynch, Family Welfare Conferencing Manager, Southern Health Board:
Family Welfare Conferencing

11.00am - 11.30am       Tea/Coffee

11.30am - 1.00pm        Part Two: Juvenile Justice

Chair: Frank Martin, Faculty of Law, UCC

Dr. Ursula Kilkelly, UCC: The Operation of the Children Court

Kieran O'Dwyer, Garda Research Unit: The Garda Diversion Programme -
piloting the restorative justice approach

John Boylan and Mary Good, Probation and Welfare Service: Conferencing and
other Children Act initiatives

1.00pm          Concluding Remarks and Close

Seminar Fee:
120 euros
220 euros Two Delegates
320 euros Three Delegates
400 euros Four Delegates
80 euros  NGOs/Voluntary Organisations/Trainees

Full details and booking forms are available at:
http://www.ucc.ie/law/events

For further information contact:
Dr. Ursula Kilkelly, Faculty of Law, UCC
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Tel: 021 4903642
Mags Walsh, Faculty of Law, UCC
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Tel: 021 4903414