Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion
3:00 pm
Ciaran Smith:
I was involved in the report from start to finish. It included children as young as two years old. We had a section assigned to early years. It included young people aged from two to 18. To address Senator Ruane, we tried to include as many demographics as possible. While there was no graph breakdown on discrimination and inequality, we surveyed as many different children as possible to get the most accurate and authentic response. We included experiences and you can get a real feel of the emotion through the report.