Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left) | Oireachtas source

In the matter of a child's opportunity to be heard and respond to an allegation of a breach of discipline, as the Bill stands, a child does not have the right to respond. The stakes, however, are high. Potentially, the forfeiture of 14 days remission, effectively a loss of liberty, is at stake. Therefore, the child must be heard. It would be good to write this into the Bill.

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