Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I commend the Deputy for raising this issue. We need to try to find a way now to resolve it and deal with it. It is a very serious issue. I have had presentations from people who have been victims of what the Deputy has outlined, which resulted in the loss of a child for a period by one of the parents. It is quite frightening that it happened. It needs perhaps the relevant Oireachtas committee, the Minister for Justice and the Minister for children collectively to examine it and see what can be done within the framework of the separation of powers. It is a very serious issue and I commend the Deputy's persistence in raising it.

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