Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)
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This has been a good conversation. The Chairman said Dr. Muldoon's role needs to be somewhere between democratic and making people accountable. I take his point that he does not want a court-based approach. This is about helping the child, and the child will lose too much time in resolving an issue that affects his or her life if there is a court-based approach which could take years. Children learn at critical times in key stages in their development. What approach would Dr. Muldoon advocate based on the current democratic approach, which involves encouraging, cajoling, advocacy and compatibility? Can the committee to anything to deliver a midway approach?