Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I wish to raise the issue of separation cases which have gone through the court system and where the parties are in and out of court on a fairly regular basis. One parent goes to court to ask that passports be handed over because there is a fear that the child might be taken out of the country. What support is provided if that fear comes to pass and the child is taken out of the jurisdiction by a parent? What is done for the parent who is left behind? That can be a very costly event. Reference was made earlier to costs in terms of getting all of the required documentation together in order to try to get a child back. Every page that needs a notary stamp on it costs €40. In those circumstances, a safe contact centre might have worked well in terms of preventing such an event from happening in the first place. How many safe contact centres are there in Ireland at the moment?