Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 November 2016

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage

9:00 am

Photo of Jan O'SullivanJan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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I will just pursue the matter a little. The Minister told us in a briefing that she intended to bring forward an amendment in that regard. That is welcome. We understand the purpose of it. On Report Stage could the Minister give us some information on the point raised in one of the amendments that was ruled out of order about the rights of a child to have a guardian ad litemin such situations? I do not expect her to answer now but it would be useful if we knew whether a guardian ad litemapplies in such cases.