Seanad debates
Tuesday, 17 December 2002
Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
This Bill falls short of what is required. The amendments I propose address some of the issues. I am surprised at the timeframe of eight working days being used by the Minister of State. People in the legal field have suggested that eight days is sufficient. As the Minister of State said, this is a precedent set under the Child Care Act which was used as a model by the Supreme Court. I propose that we revert to the eight days. In regard to the Child Care Act, the time was extended at a later stage to 28 days. The Supreme Court decision, which seems to be unaware of that, should now have an effect on the Child Care Act and the extended 28 days should now revert to eight days following the Supreme Court decision.
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