Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 49:

In page 46, lines 34 and 35, to delete "relevant information" and substitute "relevant information and documents".

Amendment No. 52, which was also put forward by Deputies Funchion and Ward on Committee Stage, seeks to expand the definition of "relevant information" to be used by a director in establishing a familial link in an identification programme. I explained in committee that the intention had always been to facilitate the use of different types of documentation. In this regard, the definition of "relevant information" in the Bill is open-ended and provides only brief examples.

However, I committed to examining how the definition could be expanded to include more explicit and wide-ranging examples. Amendments Nos. 49 to 51, inclusive, and No. 53 provide for the broadening of the text of the definition of "relevant information" with due regard to the amendment put forward by the Deputies. The Bill continues to provide for an open-ended definition but expands on the examples given to include baptismal certificates, institutional admission and discharge records and information obtained in post-recovery analysis. I hope this addresses the Deputies' concerns.

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