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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Amendments Nos. 9 and 19 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: We now come to amendment No 10 in the names of Deputies Funchion, Rabbitte and Sherlock. Amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive, are consequential to amendment No. 10. Amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, will be discussed together. If the response to amendment No. 10 is in the negative, amendments Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive, cannot be moved.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: That is understood.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Standing Order 97(1) negatives a question when there is an equality of votes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Amendment Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive, cannot be moved as they are consequential to amendment No. 10.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Amendment No. 14 is in the names of Deputies Funchion, Rabbitte and Sherlock.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Amendments Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, and 20 to 22, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 17, 18 and 20 to 22, inclusive, are consequential on amendment No. 16. Amendments Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, and 20 to 22, inclusive, may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: The Minister is speaking to a larger group of amendments.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: On the basis that we are discussing amendments Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, and 20 to 22, inclusive, the Minister is welcome to make a lengthier contribution if she wishes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: I remind members that we are discussing amendments Nos. 15 to 18, inclusive, and 20 to 22, inclusive, which is a lot. If members want to make another stab at some of the amendments, please do so, because we are discussing them together and once we get to them later, they will be taken without debate. As I said at the start, I want members to say as much as they want to say.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Since amendment No. 16 has been declared lost, amendments Nos. 17, 18 and 20 to 22, inclusive, cannot be moved.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Amendment No. 24 has been ruled out of order as it gives the courts discretion over when an order requiring the appointment of a guardian ad litemshall cease to have effect. In the Bill as drafted, an order ceases to have effect, inter alia, on the expiry or refusal by a court to make a care or supervision order where a child turns 18 years of age. The effect of the amendment is to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Yes. What is the status of amendment No. 25?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Amendment No. 26 is also ruled out of order as it would require the Ombudsman for Children to monitor the operation of the guardian ad litemservice and produce regular reports on any difficulties identified of an administrative, operational or financial nature. The oversight role would represent a significant departure from the current functions of the ombudsman and would require significant...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: We must deal with the amendment first.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Noted.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: We must first deal with the amendment.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: That is the Minister's wish.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Alan Farrell: Go ahead.