Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion
Ms Lara Hynes:
It is already in the Act that if, "the child’s health, development or welfare has been or is being, or is likely to be avoidably impaired or neglected". "Is likely" was already in there for being avoidably impaired or neglected. This is just to put it in the same provision regarding assault, ill-treatment and neglect.