Children’s rights commissioner’s office’s budget to get 23% boost

The office of the children’s right’s commissioner will have its budget increased by 23 per cent next year , its new commissioner Elena Pericleous said on Friday.

Addressing the House finance committee, she said the budget increase will be used to “effectively staff the office” and ensure that it can “continue its work”.

In total, the office has been allocated just shy of €970,000, with it expected to appoint seven