Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I move amendment No. 17:

In page 20, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:

"(a) the birth of the child has been registered, and either the particulars of the father have been registered or the mother has sworn and furnished to the accredited body a statutory declaration that the father is unknown or missing, and cannot be traced using reasonable inquiries, unless the court permits placement notwithstanding a failure or refusal to swear such a statutory declaration,".

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