Seanad debates

Tuesday, 17 December 2002

Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages.

 

As the Bill stands an interim barring order could lapse and the applicant would have to re-apply for an interim barring order. Meanwhile the respondent will have an unresolved court order hanging over him or her. The order may have lapsed but the damage to the respondent's reputation will be ongoing. If there is no guarantee of a return date the respondent cannot put his or her side of the story to the court. This, surely, is the purpose of the Bill. I ask the Minister to accept this amendment.

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