Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Ms Éimear Fisher:
The proposed new system will differ from the existing system in one significant way. The child may become a party to the proceedings and may retain his or her guardian ad litem. In that scenario, there are two advocacy elements. We can consider adding to the head a different subhead that deals with advocacy but we need to discuss it with the Parliamentary Counsel.