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Ireland has first-class legislation on family law, but continues to have “third world” infrastructure, the country’s solicitors have said.
The Law Society said that while the publication of the Family Courts Bill was significant, its principles will become a “false promise” to users of the family courts if the facilities themselves are not improved.
The chairman of the society’s family and child law committee, Peter Doyle, also said the bill needed to go further to ensure the “voice of the child” is heard in cases involving their welfare.
He was speaking ahead of a Law Society's family law conference on Friday, which will be addressed by international experts and senior judges.
Justice Minister Helen McEntee published the Family Courts Bill last November, which will create a dedicated Family Court...