Key legislative provisions for Children and Family Services.

Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991

Child Care Act, 1991.

Children Act, 2001

Protection of Children (Hague Convention) Act, 2000

Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002

Family Law Act,1995

Domestic Violence Act, 1996

The Refugee Act, 1996

Freedom of Information Acts, 1997 & Amendment Act, 2003

Data Protection Acts, 1988 & Amendment Act, 2003

The Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, 1997

The Education Act, 1998

The Protection for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act, 1998

Adoption Act, 1952

Adoption Act, 1988

Adoption Act, 1991

Adoption Act, 1998

Child Care (Placement of Children in Foster Care) Regulations, 1995

Child Care (Placement of Children with Relatives) Regulations, 1995

Child Care (Placement of Children in Residential Care) Regulations, 1995

Child Care (Standards in Children's Residential Centres) Regulations, 1996

Child Care (Special Care) Regulations, 2004

Ombudsman for Children Act, 2002

Children (Family Welfare Conference) Regulations, 2004

Underpinning the provision of services to children is the Irish Constitution and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by Ireland in 1992).