Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Dr. Muldoon for attending the meeting. He may not be aware of this but ten times today he mentioned putting the child at the centre, listening to the voice of the child and the best interests of the child. He spoke about adjusting the system and it is very uplifting for us to hear that this is his focus. I thank the expert witnesses, Ms Deirdre O'Shea and Mr. Páraic Walsh. We look forward to meeting Dr. Muldoon in the future. The committee will meet the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in a number of weeks so we can raise some of the issues that have been raised here today. We will suspend for ten minutes before hearing a presentation from the deaf-blind community in Ireland.