Dáil debates

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages

 

6:55 pm

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would also like to support what Deputy Ó Laoghaire has brought forward in his amendment. This point was very well made on Committee Stage and it was very thought-provoking. I welcome his amendment. From the small amount of research I have done on this, I note that due to the process involved there is an opportunity where some people might not see the process through to completion. Having regard to the way the Deputy explained this case, I would not like to think that if a process has been started that a person would lose out because it was not brought to completion. I also support what Deputy O'Sullivan said. Is there any means by which a directive could be provided? If it could not be inserted in the Bill, could we provide that the Minister's Department could issue a directive to provide that this would becomes part of best practice, where if a process is started that it would be seen to completion? It was one of the queries I had on the Bill and I thank the Deputy Ó Laoghaire for pointing it out.

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