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Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 16: In page 13, line 23, to delete “genetic”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 17: In page 13, line 23, after “genetic” to insert “or other qualifying”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 18: In page 13, line 24, to delete “genetic”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 13, line 24, after “genetic” to insert “or other qualifying”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 20: In page 13, line 28, to delete “genetic”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 22: In page 14, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(j) a religious order as deemed relevant by the Minister;”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This amendment aims to ensure that relevant religious orders would be included in the list of secondary sources. This is again about the definitions of what might constitute a secondary source under the legislation. The current list of secondary sources includes registered adoption societies or accredited bodies, but we know that many religious orders played a key role in the facilitation...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister. I am glad those flexibilities have been built in. I would like the Bill to be stronger and have flexibility, but I recognise that at least the capacity is there within the flexibilities to strengthen things. I will add that in addition to the ongoing mechanisms, and engagement with stakeholders and others over the next period, that myself and others in the Oireachtas...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 24: In page 14, line 13, after “incorrect” to insert “or illegal”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 25: In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(3) For the purposes of this Act, references to “incorrect birth registration” shall be construed to include illegal birth registrations.”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 26: In page 14, line 36, to delete “in respect of which” and substitute “regardless of whether”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This amendment relates to the provision for any additional institutions in the Schedule in the context of relevant institutions. I have a concern I indicated to the Minister, which is that the Bill at present provides that the Minister may: "provide for the insertion in the schedule of any institution that was established or operated for the purpose of providing care to children in which...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for his answer. He is right, in that including a Schedule that could be expanded was a step forward. There was considerable frustration about which institutions were being examined or reviewed. We recall the battle fought by those who had been in Bethany Home to get acknowledgment from the State of their experience and to have their circumstances examined properly. I...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 27: In page 15, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(5) Where no birth information is available, the Authority shall, in so far as practicable, provide the relevant person with a written statement which explains the absence of information within its possession in respect of their adoption and/or illegal birth registration, and provide information...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This inserts a new subsection on circumstances in which persons have sought birth information but that information is not made available to them on request. Under the Bill, where a relevant body receives an application seeking a birth certificate but it does not hold that certificate, it would in writing and without delay inform the applicant of that fact.My amendment No. 27 would slightly...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There are two pieces, as the Minister has said. There is a piece around what happened and why the information is not there, and there is the piece around what happens next for the individual. I believe that what happens next for the individual is probably the most important part. I acknowledge that the Minister has at least given one route forward for the individual who receives that...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 29: In page 25, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “Information relating to contact preference 17.In every case where an applicant is provided under this Act with a birth certificate or copy of the records that contain the birth information to which the application relates, or with a statement setting out the birth information contained in...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for his engagement. I understand he is in a difficult position in this regard. Because it is such a core issue of principle, I need to press the amendment. I believe it has progressed but that additional obstacle in respect of a birth certificate is symbolic. However, I acknowledge the Minister's sincerity in his engagement on it.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 30: In page 25, to delete lines 28 to 40, and in page 26, to delete lines 1 to 19.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 31: In page 26, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(4) Where a relevant person refuses, or is not in a position, to attend an information session, whether in-person or electronically, information in accordance with subsection (2)shall instead be provided to the relevant person in writing through a registered letter.”.