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Dáil

Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee

Summary

An instruction was moved for the Justice Committee to amend the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2026 beyond its existing scope, clarifying guardian ad litem appointments and legal representation in the Child Care Act 1991, with related technical amendments.

Mary Butler Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil

I move:

That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, on the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2026, that pursuant to Standing Order 194, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill to provide that:

Part VA of the Child Care Act 1991 is amended for the purposes of providing additional clarification in relation to the appointment of a different guardian ad litem to a child concerned under section 35C; and for the purposes of providing additional clarification in relation to legal representation for guardians ad litem under section 35D;

and to make other technical and consequential amendments required to take account of the changes above.

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