Dr. Niall Muldoon:

At that point, the first time around, yes, because we were in negotiations and discussions before the strategy even came out. The Department officials were chatting to us about this possibility. They came up with the possibility that we would became the observer or monitor of children's actions and we said "Yes". That was about six months before it was published. Then, approximately six months later, we met the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and he had not heard about it. Even the following year, whatever was supposed to have happened did not happen between the Departments.