{"id":1214,"date":"2017-04-05T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T14:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/?page_id=1214"},"modified":"2025-03-16T20:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T20:36:35","slug":"child-protection-at-ballygall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/child-protection-at-ballygall\/","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding Children at Ballygall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ballygall Parish recognises the absolute necessity to safeguard the welfare of the children in our Parish, especially those who are in our care due to their involvement in community and church activities.\u00a0Since 2011 Ballygall parish has followed Dublin Diocesan policy and procedures for best practice in safeguarding children. <strong>This policy document can be found by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/csps.dublindiocese.ie\/policies\/\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to these guidelines Ballygall parish has created a <strong>handbook suitable for our younger readers and is available for download by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/ballygallparish.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/y-p-booklet-for-csp-oct-2012.pdf\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest Safeguarding Newsletter from Dublin diocese may be found <a href=\"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Newsletter-February-2025.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These documents are also available at the parish office.<\/p>\n<p>Your parish safeguarding representatives are Edel Keleghan and Rosemary Hamill. They are contactable on 0860266152 or through the parish office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you have any concerns regarding a child or vulnerable persons please contact either\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Designated Liaison Person<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mr. Andrew Fagan, Director, Child Safeguarding and Protection Service,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Holy Cross Diocesan Centre, Clonliffe College, Dublin 3.\u00a0 Tel. 01-8360314 (Mon-Fri: 09:00 \u2013 17:00)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Deputy Designated Liaison Person<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Child Safeguarding and Protection Service, Holy Cross Diocesan Centre,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Clonliffe College, Dublin 3.\u00a0 Tel. 01-8360314<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Mon-Fri: 09:00 \u2013 17:00)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tusla Office: <strong>Dublin North Central, Civic Centre, Ballymun.\u00a0 Tel: 01 8467000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OR YOUR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Local Garda Station:<span class=\"_xdb\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"_Xbe\"><strong>Ballymun<\/strong> Rd, Dublin <strong>Tel<\/strong><\/span><strong><span class=\"_RCm\">:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"fl r-iX0xFG32feBM\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Call via Hangouts\" data-number=\"+35316664400\" data-pstn-out-call-url=\"\" data-rtid=\"iX0xFG32feBM\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwjUx_WExJDTAhULDcAKHSPNBv8QkAgIjAEoADAR\">01 6664400<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>REMINDER TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Please note \u2013 You <strong>must<\/strong> accompany your children\u00a0at all times <strong>including when they are using the toilet facilities<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ballygall Parish recognises the absolute necessity to safeguard the welfare of the children in our Parish, especially those who are in our care due to their involvement in community and church activities.\u00a0Since 2011 Ballygall parish has followed Dublin Diocesan policy and procedures for best practice in safeguarding children. This policy document can be found by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/child-protection-at-ballygall\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Safeguarding Children at Ballygall<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1214","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17966,"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1214\/revisions\/17966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ballygallparish.ie\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}