Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin North Central, Labour)
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Question 539: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any plans to establish an independent review into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children similar to the review, Letting Children be Children, which was commissioned by British Prime Minister David Cameron (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18697/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the Review referred to by the Deputy was commissioned following commitments made by both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties in their 2010 Election Manifestos to deal with the issue of commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood. This commitment was subsequently reflected in the Coalition Agreement. The resulting Report of the Review "Letting Children be Children" was published in June 2011.

At present there are no plans to conduct a similar review in Ireland. However, I have asked my Department to examine any key findings in the Report which could help inform policy approach in respect of this area.