Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I raise again the disgraceful treatment of women and their children, and indeed some men, before the family law courts who are consistently subjected to extraordinary treatment, leaving only one outcome. In view of the most recent information made available to me by the Department, the situation has taken a different and much more serious turn. I have referred this information to the Ministers for Justice and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, but it would appear that at least a preliminary inquiry should be carried out to ascertain the full extent of what is happening before it reaches the serious consequences of a major national scandal.

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