Child Protection
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-09
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Bernard Durkan (FG), Kildare North

I agree with the Minister that taking children away, especially from their mother, should be a last resort but, unfortunately, this is not the case. It is used as a first resort in a situation that is prevalent in this country and which I believe is alien to everything we stand for. I would like some investigation to be carried out in the shortest period of time into the number of such cases. Mothers have a legitimate claim that their case is not being heard adequately.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-09