Garda and family legislation timetable
Mattie McGrath seeks more time for the Children and Family Relationships Bill and asks when the Garda policing-authority Bill will proceed. The Taoiseach says the former has reached committee and the latter is due this session.
I am asking when the Garda Síochána (policing authority and miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be brought forward.
Second, will the Taoiseach and the Minister allow more time for a decent debate on the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015? A Bill with 172 sections cannot be debated, understood and dealt with by Members in the time allocated.
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I am not scaremongering. We would need a whole range of extra staff just to help us deal with the amendments.
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The legislation is being rushed through the House with indecent haste.
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I am asking the Minister to do something about it.
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As Deputy McGrath is aware, 60 Members contributed to the debate on Second Stage, and the Bill will go before committee tomorrow. He is free to make a contribution if he so wishes.