Treoir calls for extension of guardianship rights for all fathers and resourced mediation services
5 March 2019 Treoir, the National Federation of Services for Unmarried Parents and their Children today called on the Minister for Justice and Equality to extend guardianship rights to all fathers and to ensure the National Mediation Service is properly resourced. Speaking at a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality on […]
Christmas Holidays
We wish all our callers, supporters, friends and colleagues a very happy Christmas and prosperous New Year. The offices of Treoir will be closed from Friday 21st December until Wednesday 2nd January.
We Have Moved
Treoir offices has moved to 28 North Great Georges Street Dublin 1 We are settling into our new premises, but it’s business as usual so give us a call with your queries! Thank you for your patience
Vacancies at Treoir
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Treoir AGM 2018
Treoir held its 2018 AGM on 15 May in Spencer Hotel, Dublin 1. Memebrs attended to discuss and oversee annual business, members and non-members attended for Treoir’s key not address by Niall Crowley. Key note speaker Niall Crowley made an interesting presentation and discussion on values and the pursuit of values-led approaches to social change […]
Budget 2017: Protecting the Most Vulnerable?
Treoir believes that Budget 2017 fails to introduce specific measures to support lone parents to move off the one-parent family payment and to transition to sustainable employment and out of social welfare. In addition, Budget 2017 fails to review the operation of the Single Person Child Carer Tax Credit to make it automatically available to […]
Treoir welcomes the publication of the Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016
In particular Treoir welcomes that the best interests of the child will be the paramount consideration in relation to any adoption matter, application or proceedings. Among other proposed changes, we welcome the provision whereby a step-parent adoption may take place without the peculiar requirement for the biological parent to adopt his or her own child. […]
Good news for some unmarried dads
Treoir, the national specialist information service for unmarried parents, welcomes the commencement of significant sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 today, Monday 18th January. Unmarried fathers will for the first time in Ireland become automatic guardians of their child but only when they have lived with the mother of their child for […]
There is something now in the Bill for non-cohabiting fathers!
Birth Registrars will be empowered to witness a statutory declaration for joint guardianship, signed by the mother and father, appointing the father as a guardian. This can be done when the birth of the child is being registered (or re-registered) or within 14 days of the registration. Download Press Release
Nothing for non-cohabiting fathers in Children and Family Relationships Bill
Treoir, the National Specialist Information Service for Unmarried Parents, welcomes the passing by Cabinet of The Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015. This Bill will impact positively on many families and children in Ireland when enacted. “Treoir supports the enactment of this legislation but it is calling for some specific amendments to ensure that inequalities […]