Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Annual Report of Ombudsman for Children 2016: Discussion
1:30 pm
Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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Basically, we would be looking for the local authorities to go in and inspect, that is, to carry out spot checks. I have another quick question on local authorities. The report refers to Simon, a lad with disabilities, and his experience of local authority housing. Is that something the office is coming up against regularly with local authorities? These are people with specific needs.