Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (concluded)
Organisation name in original language
Category of human rights structure
Parliamentary structure/mechanism
Country
Ireland
Type(s) of body
Not applicableAddress
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- Established as the Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration by the Dáil Éireann on 30 July 2020 and by the Seanad Éireann on 25 September 2020.
- Title changed to the Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth by an order from both houses of the Oireachtas on 24 May 2021.
Human rights capacity support
- None
Functions
- Examined and reported to the houses on the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and the state bodies that the department is responsible for.
Specific mandates
Not applicableStructured cooperation with partners at national level
- Ministers regularly appeared before the committee, as did officers from all government departments.
- The committee had the right to invite any person to appear and frequently met with representatives of civil society and accepted their submissions.
Structured cooperation with partners at international and EU level
- None
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