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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.

Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I may not use all of them which the Acting Chairman will probably be glad to know. I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Katherine Zappone, on her new post. She is taking on an important portfolio, that of children and youth affairs. While I may have my doubts about the capacity of her allies to deliver for children and youth, I wish her the best of luck in trying to do so. I must...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Independent Review Mechanism (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to commit to a full-sworn commission of inquiry into allegations of rape and abuse made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10148/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to acknowledge the new evidence that was presented to her before the dissolution of the 31st Dáil in relation to the cause of the fire in the Stardust tragedy; to agree to the request of the Stardust families for a new commission of inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (17 May 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; if the regulator has been established, the name of the regulator; and the procedure for lodging a complaint. [9367/16]