Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Is there justice in that? We would expel student X for his offence and his parents would then be banned from sitting on the committee. It seems strange. We had Senator Bacik's advice on the legality of such a move. Presumably the parent was elected by all the parents and not by his or her son or daughter. Is it alright to leave that section in the Bill? It was only when Senator Power tabled the amendment that it occurred to me that it was strange to visit on the parent the crimes of the son or daughter. Can we do that? The Minister will consider this between now and Report Stage and whatever advice Senator Bacik might have on punishing parents for the misdemeanours of their children.