Seanad debates
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage
10:30 am
Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I welcome the good and valuable information the Minister has provided to the House. Will she expand on what the Minister for Health has suggested to the Government with regard to the numbers? There is a need to keep it very tight. We have regulations on who can get married for very specific reasons. I know small pockets of the country where considerable inbreeding led to many mental health issues in those areas. That is a very significant factor. I do not think we should allow it in this. I see all the difficulties in trying to control it. I welcome what the Minister has said. I will be happy to withdraw the amendment on that basis.
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