The Department of Education has updated and republished the "Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post-Primary Schools" (2023).
The revised procedures come into effect from 1 September 2023. Confey College Board of Management adopted the revised procedures at their meeting on 14th September 2023. The revised procedures are published on the Department’s website and can be accessed at
Link Here.
The revised procedures replace the 2017 procedures and take into account:
- the Children First Act, 2015 and
- the “Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children” 2017
- the Addendum to Children First (2019),
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
- the Child Protection and Safeguarding Procedures for Boarding Facilities associated with Recognised Schools 2023 and
- the Teaching Council (Information to be Furnished by Employer in Case of Dismissal or Resignation of Registered Teacher) Regulations 2023.
These procedures apply to all recognised primary and post-primary schools and to centres for education (as defined in the Education Act 1998), including boarding facilities associated with recognised schools, which are attended by children and young people under the age of 18 years.