Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The current wording, "whenever he or she so thinks proper", is quite open-ended in terms of discretion. It is too open-ended for what Deputies Clare Daly and Wallace are trying to achieve with their amendment. The Minister's amendment which proposes to insert "if any" after "views" removes the focus on the engagement with family members. He is inserting an ability for the coroner perhaps to opt out of the level of consultation the Minister aspires to in his words. Why is he inserting "if any" after "views" in section 7(4)(d)? Would it not be better to leave the existing wording?