Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 May 2024
Committee on Public Petitions
Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children
Dr. Niall Muldoon:
There is no willingness to follow it through. We are talking about maybe €150,000. I am not sure exactly what we asked for, but it was something in that region for the children's actions with regard to what we know is a growing problem. Domestic violence is growing, unfortunately, and so is sexual and gender-based violence and issues around gender and all those sorts of things that children are coming into contact with, which this strategy is meant to deal with. Now, there is a gap. It is very disappointing and very disheartening.
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