Two members of a United Nations group arrive in Dublin today to examine the way in which Irish children are treated.
Children's Ombudsman Emily Logan said she was delighted the members of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child had accepted her invitation in advance of their review of the Government's record on children's issues.
Brent Parfitt and Lucy Smith, the committee's rapporteur for Ireland, will spend three days here.
Ms Logan said the committee members would meet several groups of children and young people during their trip to hear at first-hand their experiences of growing up in Ireland today.
"Since Ireland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1992, the Government has been obliged to submit progress reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child outlining how the State is fulfilling its commitments to children and young people, which it signed up to almost 15 years ago," Ms Logan said.
"The State first reported to the UN Committee in 1998 and this will happen again in September this year."
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