Ombudsman says children must be at the centre of Government thinking

The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, said: “Our government needs to mainstream children’s rights into their thinking, you do that through legislation.” File picture: Maxwells

Ireland needs a “mindset change” to put children at the centre of policy to stop the continuing scandals of child homelessness, child poverty and inadequate healthcare.

That is the warning from the Children's Ombudsman as the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child begins.