Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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I appreciate that but I am speaking much less than did other Deputies and I do not intend to come back in. I will just finish this point. Parents who have been trying to get their statutory rights have been going to court and being dragged through that process, only for the court case to not be contested. That seems like a deep waste of resources, both time and money, for everyone involved. I would hate to see us push to reform legislation and the end result be a weakening of statutory rights, simply to prevent that endless journey through court. I will leave it there.