Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Does the Minister see how this puts barriers in the way of people trying to seek this leave? If, for example, the elderly parent being cared for does not want to share his or her information, the person has to go through this process the Minister outlined instead of it being included in the Bill. The same is true of proving a child is the person's child and proving his or her age. The Minister stated there are alternatives if, for example, the person cannot access a birth certificate, if there are GDPR implications or if the parent does not want to share the information, but why do we not just legislate for that instead of saying birth certificates and medical information have to be provided?