Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is why it is "satisfied" rather than "aware". The advice we have received from the Department of children is that "satisfied" is what we want in the context of the protection of the child. We are now discussing what is reasonable to expect a provider to do. The way this can be dealt with is through very clear regulation from the AHRRA that will say, for example, that the following three things need to happen: there needs to be an open conversation; there needs to be a self-declaration; and there needs to be whatever else we decide. It is through regulation that we provide the legal certainty.