Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019
Public bill · Government · Presented
Changes how children are represented in child care court cases by replacing the old, limited guardian ad litem rules with a fuller system. It would make the child’s best interests the main concern, require courts to consider the child’s views where possible, and set out how guardians are appointed, supported with legal advice, supervised, paid, and given access to relevant information. It also raises the number of members on the Child and Family Agency board by two.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the law in relation to guardians ad litem appointed under the Child Care Act 1991; and for those and other purposes to amend the Child Care Act 1991, the Children Act 2001, the Mental Health Act 2001, the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Children First Act 2015 and to repeal section 26 of the Child Care Act 1991 and certain provisions of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011; to increase the membership of the Board of the Child and Family Agency; and for that purpose, to amend the Child and Family Agency Act 2013; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated 13 February 2020
- Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Primary
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage Dáil
- Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage Dáil