Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a very brief point in response to the Minister's point that section 8 requires the mediator at the start of the process to furnish the party with a list of his or her qualifications and training. The point is that, in the absence of a standardised code of practice, how do I know whether somebody with a diploma from the advanced royal mediation institute is highly trained or bought the diploma online? If we do not define a code of practice ourselves, it will put too much of the onus on the citizen to have to do the digging and find out the standards. That is why I believe it is important to go ahead as recommended in the amendments.