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- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am making the point that legislation that empowers the State to take children from their parents without their consent and to have them adopted is very problematic if the reason the parents have failed their children is the State has failed to provide them with the basic things they need to look after their children such as a house. It is not very easy to look after one’s children...
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am going to protest formally.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Hold on.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am going to protest formally to the Ceann Comhairle tomorrow because of the Acting Chairman’s intervention. There is no one in the House who believes that is unsuitable.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will decide how much of a contributory factor I believe it is.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I certainly will. The Acting Chairman is not going to tell me what I think; I can absolutely assure him of that.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: That is why I believe the Acting Chairman’s intervention is bizarre.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Has the Acting Chairman read the legislation?
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Has the Acting Chairman read it?
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Have you?
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: About what section am I talking then?
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not believe the Acting Chairman has read the legislation because, if he had, he could not possibly have intervened.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I certainly will.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I will. The point is that if the Acting Chairman examines the Bill, he will see that one of the most important things it does is give the State the right to take children from their parents and put them up for adoption if it considers that the parents have failed their children. That is a very serious point. Does the Acting Chairman understand how serious it is?
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Right. It is absolutely logical to go on to discuss, in the context of the Bill, the reasons parents might fail their children or the State might consider they have failed their children.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: This is unbelievable. It is absolutely unbelievable what the Acting Chairman is now doing.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I certainly will.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not out of order.
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No. On a point of order, I am perfectly entitled to point out that provisions included in the Bill could be problematic and, therefore, must be considered, that amendments may be required and that the legislation should be passed only if there is also a commitment to deal with the other circumstances which affect children or any contributory factor that might lead parents to fail their...
- Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I consider the issue to be far more important than the Acting Chairman’s concerns about the rules of the Chair.