SEMINAR ABOUT CHILDREN IN DECISION-MAKING IN IRELAND
May 2025

Ireland is far ahead in the work to systematize taking children and young people seriously in decision-making, at individual and group level. Last week DCEDIY (the Irish Department of Children and Families) invited to an international seminar, to provide information about the work in Ireland and to inspire other authorities and organisations. The different work being done in the different parts of the administration in Ireland and the frameworks they work according to were presented . The Irish center Hub na nÓg, who collects views of children in vulnerable life situations and provides education, also contributed. Laura Lundy’s model for participation has inspired this work.