Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I would be happier to give the Minister the benefit of the doubt on that if he had agreed to my earlier amendment that in all matters the best interests of the child should be considered. There can be conflicting interests and that is the danger in these circumstances. Who adjudicates on this when there are conflicting interests? For that reason, rather than having an ambiguous situation that could be quite problematic, it is better not to have made those provisions in the legislation. That is why it is important to remove that section.

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