David Norris (Independent)

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 31, to delete lines 30 and 31 and substitute the following:

"The Health Service Executive, and an accredited body which places a child for adoption, shall establish one or more adoption committees.".

This involves the deletion of the opening sentence of section 36, "The Health Service Executive shall establish one or more adoption committees." and its replacement by the amended text. This concerns the involvement of accredited bodies. I await the response of the Minister of State, which was positive in principle although not to the point of effecting an amendment to the notion of accredited bodies at an earlier stage. Accredited bodies exist and are named in the body of the Bill.