Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Civil Law (Presumption of Death) Bill 2016: Committee Stage

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I move amendment No. 7:

In page 6, line 9, to delete “of this Act”.

It is again my contention that amendments Nos. 7 to 14, inclusive, are technical in nature. Amendments Nos. 7, 11 and 13 provide for the deletion of extraneous text. Amendments Nos. 8 to 10, inclusive, and 12 concern punctuation issues. Amendment No. 14 provides that neither Part 5 nor Part 5A of the Civil Registration Act 2004 shall apply to a presumed death, thereby correcting an earlier omission of a reference to Part 5A. In that regard, members should note that Part 5 concerns the registration of deaths in general and that Part 5A concerns the keeping of a record of deaths abroad. As these are technical amendments, I seek support for them.