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- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Does Dr. Muldoon feel that more and more schools will start following?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Or worrying about grades.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: It is a brilliant initiative. In October last year Dr. Muldoon spoke about over-reliance on the private commercial sector for accommodating children in international protection. He called on the Government to move away from this system for emergency responses. What is his take on the plans that have been reported regarding the acquisition of big accommodation centres and the White Paper...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I agree. Those who have settled and integrated in communities over the past two or three years are now being told they will be moved. At this stage children have integrated in sports' clubs and parents are involved in tidy towns committees. To speak about moving them sounds crazy. The office's three-year strategic plan ends this year. What are the post-Covid strategic priorities for...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: That is good news.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I have just one last one question. In September 2022, the Ombudsman for Children's Office and the Youth Advisory Panel met with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. A year later, they wrote to all Ministers to ask what their Departments were doing to implement the recommendations that came out of that meeting. Has there been any response? Again, for some reason, it is bringing a...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Is Dr. Muldoon's office waiting long for the responses?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Not at all. Deputy Buckley never makes mistakes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I do not know how we are going to finish the rest of the evening. Deputy Buckley has admitted to a mistake.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: There is no one else online so I thank Dr. Muldoon, Ms Ward, and Mr. Walsh. It has been a pleasure having them in and listening to their concerns. We said we will follow up on issues. If there is anything else outside what has been raised, they should please get in touch with the committee.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Yes, we will do that. If there is anything else we can help Dr. Muldoon with, we will follow it up.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: We will suspend the meeting for five minutes to allow the witnesses to leave. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I propose that the petitions considered by the committee at this meeting and previous meetings may be published, and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies may also be published. Is that agreed? Agreed. We have four petitions for consideration. The first is petition No. P00033/21. It is from Mr. Cormac McKay and it is a call for a citizens' assembly on the Irish justice...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: To be fair to the petitioner, he is not against the policy change itself, it is just that families that have been living in Ireland, who have been contributing, will be affected by the new €39,000 limit. He is just asking that the Minister would look again at the proposal and would perhaps put in a clause addressing their case. Next is No. P00033/24, “Toxic Fumes on Aer...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Additional stuff came through last night. We have not had time to go through it so we will look at it and come back.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: No P00039/24, “Urging the Ombudsman and Workplace Relations Commission to Improve Their Own Accessibility Standards”, is from Mr. Bryan Hogan. This petition relates to a request for the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Ombudsman to provide a detailed account of the training their staff receive in assisting individuals with disabilities to access their services. As...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: Right. That concludes our consideration of public petitions for this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or on an issue of public policy. Next on the agenda is any other business. Do...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: I second that. We speak at every meeting of the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes. We even had Leo back for today.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)
Martin Browne: He and Martha, Barbara, Ciaran, Alex and all the other staff make our job easy. I thank them again.