Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 13, lines 30 to 32, to delete all words from and including “when” in line 30 down to and including “matters” in line 32 and substitute the following:“in performing its functions under section 8(1)(a), (b) or (c) in respect of an individual child or family, regard the best interests of the child as the primary consideration”.

This is the Child and Family Agency Bill, so the child must have primary consideration. That is the reason we have tabled this amendment. It might not be obviously meaningful, but it puts the child at the centre of the Bill.