Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is there a way of having the intending parents as the legal parents subject to a certain number of days, just so legal certainty is provided? Perhaps I am wrong but it sounds to me as if the suggestion of a legal guardian would involve somebody else who is totally unrelated to the situation for the seven days. That is not a good situation either.