Dr. Niall Muldoon:

Yes, we are still waiting for responses from some. We got an initial response back asking: "Why are you asking us this?" It did not make sense to some people in some Departments. They asked: "Why do we have to report to you about this?" We had to explain to some people that this is part of what we do. We have not done it before, but I know many children's commissioners and ombudsmen around the world do that on a regular basis. They link in with Departments to see what is going on as a result of the UN committee. They felt that if it was not the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth asking, they did not need to respond. Now we have got that cleared up, I hope we will get a series of responses back in the near future.