Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Committee on Children and Equality
Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children
2:00 am
Sharon Keogan (Independent)
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I find this all very shocking given how vulnerable and open to grooming children in care, particularly residential care, are. I had a child in my care in an emergency situation a couple of times and that child ended up in residential care, becoming part of this and taking her own life. These children are being let down badly.
Let us go back to the issue of gender. Will Dr. Muldoon answer my questions on self-identification and consent, gender-affirming care for minors, the Cass review into the Tavistock Centre and Irish referrals to that centre? I would really appreciate it if he would give me his thoughts on each of those issues.