PQ 190
248 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people permanently resident here who originate from countries that practice female genital mutilation take their children to their home countries to undergo the procedure and then return here; and her views on whether it is necessary to address loopholes in the provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 which leave children unprotected from the practice of female genital mutilation while abroad. [40064/08]
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25 November 2008
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25 November 2008 · Child Abuse.
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Alan Shatter
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25 November 2008
Summary
248 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people permanently resident here who originate from countries that practice female genital mutilation take their children to their home countries to undergo the procedure and then return here; and her views on whether it is necessary to address loopholes in the provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 which leave children unprotected from the practice of female genital mutilation while abroad. [40064/08]
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25 November 2008
Child Abuse.
248 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people permanently resident here who originate from countries that practice female genital mutilation take their children to their home countries to undergo the procedure and then return here; and her views on whether it is necessary to address loopholes in the provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 which leave children unprotected from the practice of female genital mutilation while abroad. [40064/08]
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Child Abuse.
Child Abuse.
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- Alan Shatter · Asking member
- Minister for Health and Children · Minister for Health and Children · Addressed to
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2008-11-25/190/
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