Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth meet for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023

The Committee will hear from representatives from:

Ms Lara Hynes, Acting Assistant Secretary, Child Policy and Tusla Governance Division, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth

Mr Toby Wolfe, Principal Officer, Early Years Quality Unit, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth

Ms Marie Kennedy, Principal Officer, Alternative Care Policy Unit, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth

Ms Gill Barwise, Assistant Principal, Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth

Dr Karen McAuley, Head of Policy, Office of the Ombudsman for Children

Ms Nuala Ward, Director of Investigations, Office of the Ombudsman for Children

Ms Ciara Gill, Policy Officer, Office of the Ombudsman for Children

Ms Kate Duggan, Interim Chief Executive Officer, Tusla

Mr Cormac McQuinlan, Assistant National Director Practice Reform, Tusla

Ms Pamela Benson, Head of Legal Services, Tusla

Ms Fiona McDonnell, National Service Director, Tusla

Ms Suzanne Connolly, CEO Barnardos

Ms Freda McKittrick, Head of Guardian ad Litem Service, Barnardos