The Child Law Project, (known as the Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP) until 2022; Irish: Tionscadal Tuairiscithe an Dlí um Chúram Leanaí)[1] is an Irish statutory body established to produce research and journalism.
[4][5] The project was established in 2012, under the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007,[6] with seeding provided by the One Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
[1][9] Board members include Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's Noeline Blackwell (chair), and former Chief Justice Frank Clarke,[10] Carol Coulter, an Irish Times journalist and adjunct professor of law at University of Galway,[11] founded the project and is its executive director.
[19] In November 2024, Special Rapporteur-for Children, Caoilfhionn Gallagher, said that a report from the project "shines a light" on the care system in need of reform.
[21][22][3] In October 2024, District Court President Paul Kelly expressed concern at the closure of the project, which had not sent reporters to proceedings since the middle of the year.