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A legal blunder during a parliamentary portfolio committee on social development meeting in May 2022 might have jeopardised the passing of the committee’s Children’s Amendment Bill. It now seems that legal advice to reject certain clauses instead of separating the Bill into two could imperil the Bill as there may not be enough time to consolidate the remaining clauses of the Bill and pass before the 6th Parliament comes to an end.
Speech by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee - Private Members Bill – Children Amendment Bill
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Private Members Bill – Children Amendment Bill
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March 2021
I would like to thank Senator McDowell and the other proposing Senators for bringing this Bill before the Seanad. It has now passed all stages in the Seanad with some Government amendments and with Government support. I would like also to acknowledge at the outset the Private Member’s Bill proposed by Deputy O’Callaghan which addresses the same issue and to thank him and Senator McDowell for their cooperation.
This Bill is in response to issues from the recent decision of the courts in DPP and E.C V. Irish Times and others.