National Children's Advisory Council

Voice of the Child Report Introduction

The following paper is written in light of a requirement of the National Children's Advisory Council to advise the Minister for Children on how best to build effective structures to consult with children and young people. It outlines briefly the current status of consulting children and young people in relation to public policy development in Ireland, and makes recommendations regarding how best to develop comprehensive and effective consultation mechanisms.

Over the last 10 years there has been a significant growth in awareness of the need and importance of consulting with children resulting in the development of new mechanisms of consultation at both national and local levels. It is now timely to review the extent and quality of these developments in order to find the optimum direction for policy and practice in this area and to consolidate, within public and political thinking, a sustainable commitment to consultation with children.

The complete 15 page Voice of the Child advice is available online below.

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