Seanad debates
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2:30 pm
Ivana Bacik (Independent) | Oireachtas source
That is extremely helpful and I thank the Minister of State on behalf of all my colleagues. We appreciate his engagement, particularly as it is on the floor of the House, which is most unusual and we really welcome it. I am certainly willing to accept the Minister of State's assurance and his support for amendment No. 6. I am happy to work with the Minister of State and his officials on any amendments he feels may strengthen it and make it more effective. I should note that the criteria we listed are borrowed from the Law Society's recommendations. That is where we got the list of what I would regard as sensible criteria. Those criteria also have the catch-all provision that we included at the end.I am very happy to work with the Minister of State on it and I thank him again for his support for amendment No. 6.
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