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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 26 Nov 1970

Vol. 249 No. 14

Ceisteanna—Questious. Oral Answers. - Children's Court.

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asked the Minister for Justice whether, following the publication of the report on industrial schools, he intends to take any reforming action to alter the nature of the Children's Court, setting it up as a separate institution providing for greater community representation on the judgment section as is done in other countries.

The recommendations of the Committee on Reformatory and Industrial Schools are being considered by me in so far as they concern my Department. The committee have not recommended community participation in the judgments of children's courts but such participation, apart from any question of its desirability, might give rise to constitutional difficulties.

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