Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Again I raise the issue of the continued use of the concept of parental alienation in family law, which has no basis in Irish law whatsoever, is in violation of the Constitution and the rights of the child and is continually abusing the rights of parents - mothers and fathers - and children, who are being psychologically damaged by the continued use of this. I ask that every effort be made. The Minister has promised this but it needs to be done now.

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