Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes. They are the leads. They are the people who have been engaging in the process so far. That is my understanding and if we are to look at it in the round and have a fair understanding of why we have decided to use this model, I want it understood that this model is not adding an extra layer but is the right thing to do by families. It is not based on an idea of protecting the State from the requirement to meet the needs of the child or protect the State from litigation but because is the right thing to do. If that is the case, we will continue with it and if it is not, we will have to review it.

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