Court Research Group member to highlight 'lack of consistency between courts' concerning child care proceedings

A member of the Child Care Proceedings in the District Court Research Group will tell an Oireachtas Committee that there is "professional frustration and concern regarding a lack of consistency between courts and about how child care proceedings should be conducted".
Dr Kenneth Burns, senior lecturer in Social Work at the School of Applied Social Studies in University College Cork is among a number of people due to address the Oireachtas Joint Justice Committee, including Government-appointed Child Law Rapporteur, Dr Geoffrey Shannon.