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

I thank Dr. Burns. Dr. Shannon mentioned the issue of children not being heard. He said it was not clear that the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 had been properly or fully implemented.

Can Dr. Shannon provide a picture of how there is a mismatch across the system? Does the discretion each judge has lead to inconsistency? What is the impact on children in that scenario? Perhaps FLAC and others will want to come in on that also. What legal remedy is there for the system failing to match the current legislative provisions?