Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Tairgim leasú a 3:

I gCuid 1, leathanach 7, línte 10 agus 11, “do shábháilteacht nó do leas” a scriosadh agus “do shláinte, do shábháilteacht, d’fhorbairt nó do leas” a chur

ina ionad,

agus

I gCuid 2, leathanach 9, líne 9, “ the safety or welfare” a scriosadh agus “the health, safety, development or welfare” a chur ina ionad.

I move amendment No.3:

In Part 1, page 6, lines 10 and 11, to delete “do shábháilteacht nó do leas” and substitute “do shláinte, do shábháilteacht, d’fhorbairt nó do leas”,

and

In Part 2, page 8, line 9, to delete “the safety or welfare” and substitute “the health, safety, development or welfare”.

Again, we propose this amendment in the interest of being constructive and helpful. I do not suppose it will be accepted but our rationale for proposing it is that in exceptional cases the intervention provided for in Article 42A.2.1^o should be clarified to correspond with the statutory protection afforded to the child under the Child Care Act 1991, where it refers to the health, safety, development or welfare of the child. It therefore expands the wording and provisions stipulated in the article the Minister has introduced, which mentions only safety and welfare. We include health, development, safety and welfare, expanding the terms to give a wider range of protection to young people in our State, the children of our nation. This is already used in the wording of the Child Care Act 1991 and it is in the interest of being consistent that we seek to have it mirrored in the Constitution.

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