Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 36:

In page 22, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:

"(a) the disclosure or publication of data or results of research conducted relating to proceedings, or"

Section 31(2) seems to permit only a report of proceedings and the judgment. There is nothing in it to permit the publication of the results of systematic research or academic studies of trends or aspects of family law cases. As this kind of work has proved very valuable in other fields and we must provide for it here if we are to learn from the way in which family law courts operate.