Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The department's submission for Ireland's Fifth and Sixth State Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (February 2022) says "research was commissioned to inform the development of a system for under 16s. A scoping exercise aims to finalise the research specifications soon. It is expected research findings will inform the development of a system robust enough to support children while minimising associated risks" This request sought a copy of all documents, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to the commissioning of this research and the scoping exercise to inform the development of a system for u16s referred to in the UN submission and a copy of all documents, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to research specifications referred to in this section of the UN submission