Seanad debates

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Feargal QuinnFeargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am rising to support Senator Mullen, but I think he has said it all to a strong extent. My one point is that the aim of this Bill is to put children at the centre. I know the Minister is behind this. I was impressed on Second Stage by listening to the radio and hearing that man who said he believed that our aim should be that every child should have a father and a mother. I know that was not agreed and some will say that is old-fashioned and out of date. Of course there are exceptions, for various reasons, but the ideal is that every child should have a father and a mother to bring him or her up and hopefully on that basis, the effort Senator Mullen is putting in here is to aim at that.

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