Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-23
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Bernard Durkan (FG), Kildare North

I bring to the attention of the House the scandalous situation of the treatment of women who are mothers who are going through the family law courts, wherein their rights are being abolished virtually. Under the in camera rule, they are being subjected to the kind of abuse that was used in prisoner-of-war camps in years gone by and which is totally alien to the Irish Constitution and justice system and to human rights. I ask that the present legislation which is going through the other House be expedited and, in the interim, that the use of the so-called parental alienation theory be abandoned.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-23