This section of the website contains an inventory or database of over 140 publications in relation to a literature review on inter-agency cooperation in public services, with a particular focus on inter-agency co-operation in children’s services.

The material was selected as part of an analysis of literature on inter-agency cooperation in Ireland, commissioned by the CAAB and conducted by WRC Social and Economic Consultants in summer 2008 (for details click on ‘Background Information’ below). The focus is publications produced from 1990 to 2008. Details of relevant websites and journals are also provided where applicable. Included in the database is a literature review of the 140 plus documents, see the report ‘A Literature Review of Inter-Agency Work with a Particular Focus on Children’s Service’ and three other reports published by the CAAB in 2009.

Key to categories

The inventory listing can be accessed by searching under any or all of five headings - category, type of publication, commissioning body/publisher, author, and year. Once you click on your chosen publication you will then be directed to a short summary of topics covered and information sources, with the option to download/access the publication if it is available to download free of charge.

The publications are classified into the following sectors:

Literature reviews of inter-agency co-operation (international and Irish);
Review of Irish public policy initiatives with inter-agency co-operation in the areas of social inclusion, drugs, local development, education and probation;
Individual literature on inter-agency co-operation in Irish children’s services (education, health and welfare, and youth justice);
Cross Sectoral Public Policy/Strategy;