Results 901-920 of 1,056,165 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Máiría Cahill OR speaker:Fiona O'Loughlin OR speaker:David Cullinane OR speaker:Alan Dillon)
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
SECTION 72
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 13: In page 66, lines 28 and 29, to delete “, having regard to any practice direction issued under section 23(3),”.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Section 72, as amended, agreed to.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Sections 73 to 75, inclusive, agreed to.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
SECTION 76
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 14: In page 68, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(b) in section 6BA(3) (inserted by section 227(c) of the Act of 2024), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court” for “Circuit Court”, (c) in section 6BB(3) (inserted by section 227(c) of the Act of 2024), by the substitution of “Family Circuit Court”...
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Section 76, as amended, agreed to.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Sections 77 to 82, inclusive, agreed to.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
SECTION 83
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Amendments Nos. 15 to 46, inclusive, and 56 to 58, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Helen McEntee: I move amendment No. 15: In page 75, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(a) in section 2, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1D): “(1E) A reference in this Act to a justice shall, where the context so admits, include a reference to a judge of the Family Circuit Court.”,”. Section 83 of the Bill provides for...
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I am around long enough to remember when courthouses were the responsibility of local authorities, which did not really want them. Courthouses were run down because of the lack of finance and resources going into them. There are many things we could vote against or criticise but this is constructive and positive. It is important to separate out family courts. This is a very good start....
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I warmly welcome this Bill and thank the Minister for her determination in bringing it this far. The Ceann Comhairle can take a lot of credit for allowing the discussion that brought about this situation to take place. Legislators cannot legislate, even for the courts, unless they can discuss the legislation in the Legislature. I therefore thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing that debate...
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I support the Bill. It is very important that we have proper facilities and that family court proceedings, which are often difficult, can be carried out with dignity and respect for those involved. I support the Bill.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I congratulate the Minister on having achieved such unanimity.
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Helen McEntee: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I think there is unanimity. I thank colleagues for the general broad support for the Bill. As I have said many times before, the overall objective of the Bill is to make sure that we can, insofar as possible, make what is often the most difficult time a family will go through that little bit easier by putting in place these structures, making our family courts...
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
- Family Courts Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Nov 2024)
Section 1 agreed to.