Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Strategic Plan 2016-2018: Engagement with Ombudsman for Children
9:00 am
Dr. Karen McAuley:
Yes. As the Ombudsman for Children was saying, we have identified three groups but it is not to the absolute exclusion of others. It is important to emphasise that we are conscious that there are many groups of children who, for different reasons, will face barriers to the realisation of their rights and who are in very difficult circumstances. Focusing on these three particular groups is not going to be to the exclusion of others.