A bill to allow murdered children to be named has passed all stages in the Dail
The amendments to the Children's Act will now be sent to the Seanad for approval with the hope that they will be enacted by the end of this month.
At the moment, children who are killed cannot be identified once a person is charged due to a court of appeal ruling made last October.
Justice Minister Helen McEntee has told the Dail that this has caused great hurt and pain for parents; "The intention is to essentially restore the position that was held prior to the ruling in October to make sure that, in particular, parents of deceased children can name their children, can remember their children in the way that they want to. And I sincerely hope in the coming weeks once this is fully enacted that that would be restored, and that we will have dealt with an issue that arose that has caused significant hurts and pain I know too many people."
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