Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Children's Experiences during COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdowns: Engagement

Ms LilyRose Wogan-Martin:

At the start of lockdown we were not allowed to go to any playgrounds because we were not allowed to touch many surfaces. Our playground is in Fairview. There are other playgrounds around, but that is the biggest and best one. It has not got old but a lot of equipment has been taken away because people are not being the best with it. People were throwing pizza boxes and things like that on the ground. We should have more playgrounds for everyone. There are people who are trying to ruin playgrounds. Maybe it is just local problems but there are a lot of playgrounds that end up with graffiti within a few years. I think it is because people might feel left out. Maybe we should have a playground with many things because a couple of things in playgrounds end up getting taken out because they are deemed unsafe. Maybe if we could child-proof them we might be able to include everyone in playgrounds.

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