Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This week, the Child Law Project celebrated its ten-year anniversary. It has been credited with providing important insights into the otherwise opaque proceedings relating to children in care. The legislation that set up the Child Law Project allows for similar reporting and research on private family law matters to give some transparency and insight into those opaque proceedings. Will the Government commit to providing that transparency in private family law by using the existing legislation to set up a similar body to the Child Law Project? This is essential for transparency in private family law. The issues raised consistently in the Dáil by Deputy Durkan are a perfect example of why this is needed. Perhaps he would not need to be on his feet so much if there was such a body.

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