Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is because part of the reason the Minister gave was that all the words have to be taken in context. The word ?proportionate? was one the Judiciary would be taking into account when evaluating parents failing in their duties.

My second question has to do with the word ?duties?. The Minister?s predecessor, Barry Andrews, had done much preparatory work on the wording of the referendum. He used the word ?responsibility? as distinct from ?duty?.