Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)

With regard to the Child Care Act 1991 and the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2007, is there any promised or proposed legislation on the protection of children? When a domestic violence case comes before a judge there is no provision in place whereby the children in the family can express their opinions to the judge.

With regard to the Construction Contracts Bill, which is very important to ensuring that sub-contractors get paid, we have situations where contracts-----

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