Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

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

Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion

Mr. Des Delaney:

I will intervene on the question concerning whether the Courts Service should be on the IDG. The Department of Justice representative on the group is liaising with the Courts Service. It was mentioned earlier that the good practice guidelines is the specialist area of the Garda. To explain further, however, there has been a recent agreement to update those guidelines, with the support of the Council of Europe. We are heavily involved in discussions with the Department around that undertaking.