Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Committee on Public Petitions
Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for Children
Dr. Niall Muldoon:
The irony is that part of the White Paper commitment was that we would do vulnerability assessments. They were not being done before. The requirement only came into being in January 2022. The system became overwhelmed quickly. Those assessments are part of our international obligations. We are obliged to conduct assessments with real meaning.