Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

General Scheme of the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)

Mr. French also said in his opening statement: "Tusla should not be involved unnecessarily [and I took that word 'unnecessarily' as very deliberate] when the children are not already in care, so there should also be a way for guardianship to be suspended on the initiative of another guardian or the children's relatives." The words or phrases in that I focused on were "unnecessarily" and "on the initiative of another guardian". Am I right in understanding Mr. French to say that where there is an initiative from a close family member to take guardianship, the whole role of Tusla-----

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