Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

While I accept that rushed legislation can often be flawed, I, as a member of Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children, must nevertheless avail of the opportunity to urge the Minister to make the necessary intervention to expedite the introduction of the legislation, working from the first report of the committee on the subject of soft information. I say this against the backdrop of all the terrible circumstances that have presented recently and the great need to ensure every protection for children. It will be an indictment of us all in political life if we do not see results from the long period that representatives of all parties, including the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, have spent on the committee's work. I urge intervention with the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews.

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