Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions in the Children Act 1997 that are not yet in force; the reason for the delay in bringing them into force; and the action proposed by him. [2851/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Sections 26 (social reports in the District Court) and 28 (appointment of guardian ad litem for a child and provision for separate representation of a child) of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, as inserted by the Children Act 1997, remain to be brought into operation by Ministerial order. The matter will be considered further in the light of experience of the system to be funded by the Courts Service for the provision of reports to the family law courts that is referred to in my reply to Priority Question No. 5 of 13 December 2007.