Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth

General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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I appreciate that. Writ large today is the theme around the idea of the independent advocate for young adults or children. The submission from TIGALA mentioned child A and child B, which crystallises the situation for us in respect of the experiences of a child under a court order and a voluntary agreement. I ask the representatives of EPIC for a concrete example of how access to the independent advocacy system, if one were to be devised, would work for the child.