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

The appalling and degrading treatment of women who are mothers and their children continues in the family law courts with such vigour and determination that one would be led to believe it is the intention that this can and will continue, which it cannot. It requires now a preliminary inquiry to determine the extent of the problem and the length of time it is expected to continue when it is known it is unconstitutional. The rights of women are being trampled on in a way that has never been known or referred to publicly in my time in this House. It needs a preliminary inquiry to determine the extent of it.

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