Child Care (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2013

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would let people with a genuine concern for a child’s welfare ask a court to direct the Health Service Executive to take action when it has been told about the child but has not acted. Priority would generally be given to relatives, parents, grandparents, children’s ombudsman staff and child-welfare professionals, where there are reasonable grounds to believe the child is not receiving adequate care or protection; it could not be used while related private family-law proceedings are ongoing.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Child Care Act 1991 (as amended) so as to enable any person to apply to the court seeking an order or direction in respect of a child who is not subject to the proceedings brought under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, the Child Care Act 1991 or any subsequent legislation dealing with similar proceedings, but who has been brought to the attention of the Health Service Executive, where there are reasonable grounds for believing the child in question is not receiving adequate care and protection

Last updated 12 April 2018