Anger as minister opts to use existing children’s bill

CIVIL rights groups have expressed anger at the Government’s decision to effectively sidestep any changes to the proposed bill for a referendum on children’s rights.

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) said it was concerned that the Minister for Children Barry Andrews had decided that the best advice was to rely on the wording of the 2007 bill on children’s rights.

It seemed that the Government intended “to revert to the flawed constitutional wording on children’s rights” said a statement.