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 Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I thank Mr. French for that. A practical issue is that the heads of the Bill essentially put the entire onus on Tusla to make the application. I have a sense from the questions that our report might have a comment or two to make on that but let us take it at face value that Tusla will make the application. I presume Mr. French believes the victim's family should at least have an impact on that. Does he have a view on whether the convicted killer, in the vast majority of circumstances we are discussing, should have representation in the hearings involved?

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