Seanad debates
Tuesday, 17 December 2002
Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
Following a breakdown of a relationship, much recrimination and point scoring may occur. Accordingly, the judgment of the Supreme Court should be welcomed and the remedy in that regard in the Bill is probably the right course of action, apart from the omission of the term "in exceptional circumstances,", to which I referred earlier. An eight day period seems reasonable. It has been suggested that, in an application of this nature with regard to an interim barring order, there should be very full exploration of the sufficiency of a protection order. When somebody is removed from the family home, that gives rise to its own difficulties in the relationship and otherwise. The position of children also has to be considered. The use of protection orders should be considered in any future amending legislation, if not in this Bill.
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