What we do
There are approximately 100,000 children and young people under the age of 18 living in Dublin City. The Children’s Services Unit was established in 2007 to actively work towards making Dublin a better place for children and young people. We work to promote awareness of children’s and young people’s needs including play development and access to quality childcare. We work closely with other internal city council departments and outside agencies such as Dublin City Children’s Services Committee, Dublin City Play Plan Steering Group and Dublin City Childcare Committee.
Dublin City Council’s Children’s Services Policy Statement
More information:
Available to Download
EU Kids Online Report (PDF 509 kb)
Safer Internet Day 7th February 2012, Dublin City Event, Irish Kids OnLine: Youth & Parent Perspectives’
Dublin City Lord Mayor Andrew Montague, cordially invites you to the launch of a report and panel discussion on “Irish Kids Online: Youth and Parent Perspectives”
on Tuesday 7th February 2012, 11am - 1pm The Wood Quay, Venue, Dublin Civic Offices, Dublin 8.
This event is part of Safer Internet Day*, celebrated in more than 70 countries worldwide, with the theme of Connecting generations and educating each other.
The report will present new findings drawn from the EU Kids Online survey of children’s use of the internet. Following the launch, a panel discussion, moderated by Senator Jillian van Turnhout with contributions from industry, parents and young people, will debate how different generations experience the internet.
Do parents and children understand each other’s concerns?
How can families work together to get the most out of opportunities online?
What can different generations do to help each other discover the digital world … safely?
The seminar is co-organised by Dublin City Council; the IRCHSS-funded Digital Childhoods project and the National Centre for Technology in Education. I hope that you will be available to attend this event and contribute to the debate to ensure young people avail of the many positive benefits of the internet whilst promoting safer internet use. Please register to attend on childrens.services@dublincity.ie.
Registration Tea & Coffee from 10.45am.
*Safer Internet Day 2012, an EU wide initiative to promote a safer Internet for all users, especially young people, will be celebrated in Ireland on Tuesday 7th February 2012. This year, Safer Internet Day, which is organised in Ireland by the National Centre for Technology in Education (NCTE), is urging families to get ‘webwise’ and to ‘discover the digital world together...safely!’.
European Network Cities for Children Seminar
On 11th April 2011 Dublin City Council hosted the Cities for Children Traffic & Safety Seminar – Urban Planning for children in the context of mobility, safety and access issues.