• About Us
  • Introduction
  • DCYA Strategy
  • Contact us
  • State Board Vacancies
• Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
• Childcare
  • What we do
  • Free Pre-School year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Programme
  • Community Childcare Subvention (CCS) Programme
  • Childcare Education and Training Support Programme (CETS)
  • City/County Childcare Committees (CCCs)
  • Childcare Regulations
  • Childminders
  • National Childcare Organisations
  • Childcare Initiatives
• Child and Family Agency
• Child and Youth Participation
  • What we do
  • Comhairle na nÓg
  • Dáil na nÓg
  • National Consultations
  • Children and Young People's Participation Support Team
  • Other Participation Initiatives
  • Research and Policy
  • International Developments
• Child Welfare and Protection
  • What We Do
  • All Island Conference 2013
  • FAQ
• Children First - Child Protection Guidance
• Adoption
• Irish Youth Justice Service
• Youth Affairs
  • What We Do
  • What is Youth Work?
  • Quality Standards Initiatives
  • Policies and Legislation
  • Funding Programmes, Initiatives & Location of Projects
  • Youth Exchange / Transnational Programmes
  • Gaisce - The President's Award Scheme
• Play and Recreation
• Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives
  • Child Poverty Initiative
  • Child Poverty Initiative Seminar
• Policy and Strategy Development
  • The Children and Young People's Policy Framework
  • National Children's Strategy 2000 – 2010
  • Prevention and Early Intervention Programme
  • National Children's Advisory Council
  • Working Together for Children - Children Services Committees
• Legislation
• International Framework
• Research
  • What we do
  • Children's Funded Research Programme
  • National Set of Child Well Being Indicators
  • Measuring Child Well Being
  • State of the Nation's Children Report
  • Research Placement Programme
  • Research Scholarship Programme
  • Research Briefing Notes
  • FAQ
• Growing Up in Ireland
• National Research and Data Strategy
  • Background to the Strategy
  • Action Plan Updates
  • Inventory of Data Sources
• Children's Database
• Early Years Education Policy Unit
• Funding Opportunities

National Consultations

 The DCYA provides opportunities for children and young people to contribute their views on issues of national and personal importance, and has conducted consultations with children and young people on a range of issues including:

• Consultations with children and young people for the National Children and Young People's Policy Framework (2012-2017) Read More
• Listen to our voices! - Hearing children and young people living in the care of the state (2011) Read Report
• Consultations with children and young people for the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism in Primary Schools (2011) Read Report
• Consultations with children and young people on the new National Children’s Strategy 2012-2017 (2011)
• Consultations with young people on reform of Junior Cycle in second-level schools (Nov 2010) Read Report  
• Consultation with young people on the White Paper on Crime (2010) Read Report
• Consultations with children and young people in the care of the state (2010) Read More
• Consultations on the National Paediatric Hospital (2009) Read More
• Mental health consultations with teenagers (2008) Read More
• The misuse of alcohol among young people (2007) Read Report
• The development of the Irish Youth Justice Strategy (2007) Read Report
• The age of consent for sexual activity (2006) Read Report
• The development of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship (2006) Read Report
• Development of a national set of child wellbeing indicators (2005) Read Report
• The development of the National Recreation Policy (2005) Read Report
• The development of the Children’s Code of Advertising (2004) Read Report