Family court Bill
Deputy Madigan asked when the family court Bill would reach pre-legislative scrutiny. The Tánaiste said family courts were a priority and consultations were nearly complete.
When will the family court Bill go to pre-legislative scrutiny? As we know, this will help to streamline family law court processes and will provide a dedicated family court to help all those people going through cases involving separation, divorce, access, custody, maintenance and relocation issues in a very adversarial way. I would like to see this expedited.
Comment on this
It is a priority of mine to ensure we have family courts. Consultations are continuing and I hope we will be in a position to finalise those very soon. We do not need a constitutional referendum to establish family courts. I hope we will be in a position in the very near future to begin the process of examining legislation to establish family courts.