Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage
9:30 am
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
In terms of the legal advice that has been made available to me and the work that has been done on this over the last weeks and months, I am advised that the direction in which we are going in the Bill allows the widespread understanding of these terms to be retained. The new provisions allow for flexibility to expand the understanding of these concepts. The decision to approach it in this way must be taken in the context of some of the other provisions in the Bill that are helpful in terms of the types of decision the Deputy is saying have to be taken in court. I understand and recognise that they are very complex decisions, but if we look at the best interests provision in Part 5 of the Bill----
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