Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 61:

In page 41, to delete lines 6 to 17 and substitute the following:"(11) The rights and responsibilities referred to in subsection (9) are the rights and responsibilities of a guardian:

(a) to decide on the child’s place of residence;

(b) to make decisions regarding the child’s religious, spiritual, cultural and linguistic upbringing;

(c) to decide with whom the child is to live;

(d) to consent to medical, dental and other health related treatment for the child, in respect of which a guardian’s consent is required;

(e) under an enactment specified in subsection (12);

(f) to place the child for adoption, and consent to the adoption of the child, under the Adoption Act 2010.

(12) The enactments referred to in subsection (11)(e) are:

(a) section 2A(2) of the Firearms Act 1925;

(b) section 5 of the Protection of Young Persons (Employment) Act 1996;

(c) sections 50 and 50A of the International Criminal Court Act 2006;

(d) sections 79, 79A and 79B of the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008;

(e) section 14 of the Passports Act 2008;

(f) the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Act 2014.".

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