Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 27a:

In page 14, line 9, to delete "(e) or (f) of subsection (1)" and substitute "(e), (f) or (g) of subsection (1)".

This is a technical amendment to the wording of the Bill that arises from the acceptance of amendment No. 16 from Deputy Shatter. That acceptance incorporated into the Bill a further basis on which the Minister may refuse to issue a passport. The basis set out in section 12(1)(g) concerns cases where the Minister has been notified by the Courts Service that an order has been made to require the surrender of a child's passport or to require any person to refrain from applying for a passport for a child.

Following consultation with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, it has been agreed that a further minor consequential amendment is required to provide a corresponding provision for appeal in section 19 in respect of a refusal under section 12(1)(g). To do so, it is necessary to insert a reference to paragraph (g) in section 19(1) and to move the word "or".

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