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

Dr. Tricia Keilthy:

-----so our State services should be able to do that and provide intervention too. Much recruitment also happens in the online space, using social media and private messaging functions, which does not have proper oversight. There are huge risks there relating to grooming and the criminal exploitation of children. They are younger and younger, outside the age of criminal responsibility.