Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If I may give a one-line response to that, the references that were made to what comprises the best interests of the child were substantially taken from legislation in Australia and Canada, where it works particularly well and where the legislation is very up-to-date. In both of those jurisdictions, as in England, these concepts of access and custody are defined and are complementary to each other, as opposed to getting in the way of one another.