Children's Minister Barry Andrews said today that he is hopeful of having a 'Children's Tsar' in place in the New Year.

The heads of the country's two largest children's advocacy groups will outline to an Oireachtas Committee today what measures they think need to be implemented to ensure children here are protected.

A new all-party Oireachtas body to ensure children are protected in the Constitution will be set up in coming months, the Government said today.

Sinn Féin has declared that it will campaign for a 'Yes' vote on the children's referendum.

One in Four, the national charity which supports women and men who have experienced sexual violence today welcomed the announcement by Government of its proposed wording for a constitutional amendment on children and the publication of the 28th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2007.

The Government has revealed the wording of the children's referendum.