Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 7, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:

"11.—Section 58 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

58.—(1) Regulations under section 50 and sections 51 to 57 shall not apply to—

(a) the care of one or more children undertaken by a relative of the child or children or the spouse of such relative, or

(b) a person taking care of one or more children of the same family and no other children (other than that person's own children) in that person's home.

(2) Sections 51 to 57 shall not apply to a person taking care of not more than 5 children, of whom not more than 3 may be pre-school children, of different families (but excluding that person's own children) in that person's home.

(3) In this section, 'child' means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years.".".

This amendment provides for exemption from the requirements of section 50 to 57, inclusive, of the Act for a person caring for children of relatives or a sibling group of children and to provide for an exemption from sections 51 to 57, inclusive, for a person caring for not more than five children of different families, of whom not more than three can be preschool children and excluding that person's own children in that person's home.

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