Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage

10:00 am

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to mandated persons, virtually all of them have professional bodies. Therefore, while there is no criminal sanction for them, this is a statutory obligation and they will have failed in it. They will be reported to their professional bodies and there will be consequences from the professional body. Getting struck off as a doctor is pretty catastrophic.

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