Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen to meet with Ombudsman for Children to discuss 2021 annual report

The meeting at 1.30pm in Committee Room 4 of Leinster House will hear from Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children; Dr Carmel Corrigan, Head of Participation and Rights Education; and Ms Ciara Gill, Policy Officer.

Committee Cathaoirleach Deputy Martin Browne said: “The Committee welcomes this opportunity to meet with Dr Muldoon and his colleagues and we look forward to discussing his 2021 report. We will then examine a number of petitions, including correspondence seeking to ‘Reform Irish Mental Health Services’.”

The Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen is a standing Committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas and has 11 Members, seven from the Dáil and four from the Seanad.

The meeting in the Committee Room 4 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV.

Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.