Seanad debates
Thursday, 2 April 2009
Adoption Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed)
12:00 pm
Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
The point was made to me that in some jurisdictions adoption orders are made by courts and because of the quasi-judicial functions of the board, expertise is obviously required at that level. If we were to go down the road suggested by the Senator it would be wrong not to include a natural parent.
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