Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 4, line 11, after "2004" to insert the following:

"or the corresponding provision of any statute repealed by that Act".

This is a technical amendment. If the corresponding section is not rectified, all birth certificates issued prior to the Civil Registration Act 2004 will be defective. The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs promised to revisit the issue on Report Stage. This straightforward amendment would avoid problems in the future. The Bill is quite technical, so it is best to resolve difficulties now before people making applications find they do not qualify as a result of flaws in the legislation.

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