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Consultations with Children and Young People and Their Impact on Policy in Ireland

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  • Deirdre Horgan

    (School of Applied Social Studies, University College Cork, Ireland)

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This article will examine the participatory structures for consulting with children in Ireland. It provides a background with reference to the National Strategy on Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision-making (Department of Children and Youth Affairs, 2015)—the first of its kind in Europe—its key objectives, and recent progress in meeting these. Examples of two consultations with children, on health and afterschool care, and their impact on policy, will be discussed. The potential for consultations of this kind to influence and child-proof policy will be reflected on; the argument in this article is that there are different levels of participation for different purposes. The author worked with colleagues on two national consultations in 2015 and 2016 involving children between 5 to 17 years of age utilising a variety of child-centred activities. The methods are strengths-based consultative approaches that allow children to identify and explore issues based on what they know and experience in their everyday lives. Initial reflections indicate that consultations with children can be an important and challenging tool in accessing their views on policy issues of importance to them which help to child-proof policy and ensure it is in the best interests of children.

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  • Deirdre Horgan, 2017. "Consultations with Children and Young People and Their Impact on Policy in Ireland," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 104-112.
  • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:5:y:2017:i:3:p:104-112
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    1. Horgan, Deirdre & O'Riordan, Jacqui & Martin, Shirley & O'Sullivan, Jane, 2018. "Children's views on school-age care: Child's play or childcare?," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 338-346.
    2. Jo Aldridge, 2017. "Introduction to the Issue: “Promoting Children’s Participation in Research, Policy and Practice”," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 89-92.

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