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

I acknowledge the efforts of the Minister for Justice and her success to date in bringing forward modernising legislation in the area of family law. In particular, I draw to her attention the urgency of cases whereby children, their mothers and some fathers have been deprived of access to one another for considerable periods, and sometimes for a lifetime, on the basis of evidence provided by so-called or self-appointed experts in family law situations. The issue remains to deal with the situation as and from now. We need to bring legislation before the House quickly and deal with the residue in respect of cases that have already been cleared because children are being condemned forever. We need to consider how to repeal or appeal such cases.

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