Dáil debates
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
12:55 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I raise again the issue of the use of parental alienation in family law in this country. It continues apace and results in the exclusion of children and parents from the family home with the clear objective of winning the case by using a legal formula that is not the creation of this House but that of case law. In many cases, parents, mostly mothers, are prevented from seeing or speaking to their children, other than by telephone. This is an appalling situation in which no regard is being shown for the welfare of the children. We passed a referendum in this country on the rights of the child. The Minister is about to change the rules. They need to be strong and firm and stamp out this practice. I ask that this be done soon.
Paul Anderson
Posted on 18 Apr 2024 6:04 pm (Report this comment)
Once again TD Bernard Durkan states untruths in the Dail and misses the point!
Parental Alienation is in Irish Jurisprudence plus part of Government policy!
Alienated Parents in Irish Courts Parental ALienation "continues apace and results in the exclusion of children and parents from the family home with the clear objective of winning the case by manipulating the legal and social services systems by the use of false allegation and the coercive manipulation of children.
Sadly some if not all or of any of the parents he is defending have been found to have undertaken In Irish Jurisprudence Parental Alienation.
See (plus ECHR not included)
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/lucy_search_1.cgi?show=200&am...
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