Keira Keogh (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I will ask a few questions before we commence a second round. I will start with Professor Kilkelly. I cannot remember the exact sentence she used, but she talked about child rights impact assessments and how they could shape legislation. We heard a lot about that last week from the delegations from Scotland and Sweden. Does she have concrete examples of legislation passed in recent years that was not subjected to child rights impact assessments to the level they would have been were they fully incorporated? Does she have any examples of where that might have influenced current legislation and does she believe that we should go back and do some child rights impact evaluations on recent legislation? I know I have asked a very technical question.