Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Tairgim leasú a 2:

I leathanach 5, líne 17, "An Cúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht a thabharfar ar an leasú a dhéantar ar" a scriosadh agus "An tOchtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht a thabharfar ar an leasú a dhéantar ar" a chur ina ionad.

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 4, line 16, to delete "The amendment to the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Thirty-fifth" and substitute "The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Thirty-eighth".

I am introducing amendments Nos. 2 and 3, which are technical drafting amendments, on the advice of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. I am proposing that the Title of the Bill should be amended to "the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill". The change in the number of the amendment from the thirty-fifth amendment to the thirty-eighth amendment takes account of the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Act 2018 and the Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Act 2018, which we have dealt with in referendums since this Bill was first introduced by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Madigan. The proposed change from "Divorce" to "Dissolution of Marriage", as provided for in amendment No. 3, is intended to better reflect the wording of Article 41 of the Constitution. The proposed replacement of "to the Constitution" with "of the Constitution", as provided for in amendment No. 2, is a mere technical drafting amendment to ensure consistency with previous Bills to amend the Constitution.

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