Speeches

You can read speeches made by the Commissioner and her staff by clicking on the links below.

You can also view speeches from previous years here. 

• NICCY’s Chief Executive Mairead McCafferty opened the British Psychological Society: Division of Clinical Psychology NI on 16 November 2017. You can read her speech here.  

• NICCY’s Chief Executive Mairead McCafferty closing the Schools for Hope Conference on Monday 26 June 2017 – you can read her presentation here.

• Speech by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, Koulla Yiasouma, at the ‘Police Stop and Search Powers: A Conversation on Delivery, Experiences & Accountability in Northern Ireland’ conference on 31^st March 2017. You can also view the accompanying PowerPoint here. 

• NICCY’s Chief Executive Mairead McCafferty speaking on 17th January 2017 at the Policy Forum NI Seminar: Improving mental health provision in NI: prevention, treatment and developments in care
• The Commissioner spoke at the ‘Reflecting back – moving forward: Fifteen years since the establishment of the PSNI’ conference on 9th November 2016. You can view the speech ‘ The Challenge of Making the UNCRC a Useful Policing Tool’ here. 
• Citizens’ Day – Belfast Model School For Girls 22nd June 2016
• International Seminar Community of Practice – Children’s Rights: Empowering Parents 15th June 2016

• Child Poverty in Austere Times – The Rights of the Child: Presentation by Mairéad McCafferty (Chief Executive) at the  CPA Conference on Child Poverty on 24 May 2016

• The Impact of Conflict Legacy Issues on Children and Young People

  CVS Conference 9^th March 2016

• Speech at the PlayBoard’s ‘Playing Out’ Annual Conference to celebrate its 30th birthday on 27 November 2015
• Speech at Ionad Uibh Eachach family fun day celebrating 25 Years on 24 June 2015
• Speech at Methodist College Belfast Junior School Prize Giving on 23 June 2015
• Speech at the NI Network of Contact Centres on 11 June 2015

• Speech at the South Belfast Partnership Board on 27 March 2015

• Speech by Koulla Yiasouma, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, at the ‘Our Children, Our Future Conference’ on March 20th 2015

• NICCY Chief Executive Maireád McCafferty, welcoming the introduction of Steven Agnew’s (MLA) Children’s Services Co-Operation Bill on 12 January 2015