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:
We are going to go green field. Things that have been spoken about are social media and AI. These are new, and even three years ago they would not have been a concern. I started to hear about ChatGPT two years ago. These will have to be considered. Unfortunately issues such as homelessness are still there, as is direct provision, as Ms Ward spoke about. If we put them all together, there are the children in homelessness, children in international protection, children from Ukraine, children in direct provision and children in special emergency accommodation. There are so many children in transitory settings and we have to look at these areas. We are not quite sure what we will settle on but these are the issues that are standing out. Other areas have been spoken about also.
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