Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

EU Scrutiny Reports for 2013: Departments of Health and Children and Youth Affairs

9:55 am

Photo of Jillian van TurnhoutJillian van Turnhout (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have one minute. I echo what Deputy Ó Caoláin said about the youth guarantee and would like to know more about what are proven youth work initiatives, because this is a new area. I am concerned about children's rights that cross into the area of justice. Although we are supposed to receive these reports six weeks after the date, we receive them significantly later and I wonder about their usefulness. While they are interesting, they update us and we can further issues, we should consider having pre-Council scrutiny. It would make much more sense for all our time and would be much more effective. If we are serious about EU scrutiny, we should consider pre-Council scrutiny meetings.

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