Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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I regard the amendment as unnecessary because subsections (2) and (3) already provide for this. In addition, further protection is set out at the beginning of subsection (2) which reads, “Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment or rule of law”. I am fully in agreement with the intention here, but the Bill as worded already addresses the issue. The intention of this section is to ensure that the guardian ad litemhas recourse to the court if he or she believes that the Child and Family Agency is not giving him or her information he or she requires to undertake his or her functions.