Sinéad McLaughlin raises Michael McMonagle controversy with First Minister Michelle O’Neill at Stormont

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00:00We are fully committed to protecting all children from harm and to ensuring the

00:03highest standards of safeguarding and child protection. All staff in our

00:07department must adhere to the next child protection policy and guidance and

00:10established procedures are in place for reporting concerns and disclosures. We're

00:15also committed to continuing our important work with victims and

00:17survivors. Since February we have engaged with the Commissioner for Survivors of

00:22Institutional Childhood Abuse and we'll also be shortly meeting with victims and

00:26survivors groups to discuss the issues that matter to them. We met with those

00:30affected by mother and baby institutions, Magdalene Laudrey's and

00:33workhouses before the launch of the public consultation and we're also

00:37committed to direct ongoing engagement as this process continues. We have

00:42secured the executives endorsement of a new strategy for victims and survivors

00:45of the troubles conflict and the new strategic framework for rent and

00:49violence against women and girls. This framework was developed through co-design

00:53with the input of the community and voluntary sector including the most

00:56valuable participation of women who have lived experience and in support of this

01:01the junior ministers visited grassroots women's organizations where they met

01:04with victims and survivors of violence. They've also met with victims and

01:07survivors of historical clerical child abuse and to discuss ongoing research

01:11and to attend an event to recognise the work of the regional trauma network.

01:15Across all of these areas of work we'll continue to focus on delivering for some

01:19of the most vulnerable people in our society.