Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the question. The report from the Ombudsman for Children that was published today is very valuable. A great part of its value comes from the fact that it gives a voice to very young children who do not have a voice and we get to hear their stories and the experiences of some who are in family hubs. I am in contact with the different NGOs that provide services into the family hubs to ask for their response to the findings in the report. I am also in contact with the inter-agency group on homelessness I set up last year to make sure that co-ordination happens in terms of the Government's response. There are a number of very useful recommendations and priorities for action coming from the Ombudsman for Children. In his initial response, the Tánaiste said that a number of those actions are already been progressed. We will continue to progress those. Most important of all is the quality inspections standards framework, which has been piloted in all of Dublin and is being rolled out nationally. We will implement other measures because we know we need to do it and the Ombudsman for Children's report is looking for them. I will be meeting with him shortly to discuss which actions are more of a priority than others. I will then talk to the NGOs about how we implement them.

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