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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: Other colleagues have engaged remotely and as I do not see indications of a wish to speak, I draw our proceedings to a close. I thank the Minister for her very thoughtful and considered engagement. I thank her for her comprehensive responses to the detailed questions posed by committee members. We very much look forward to the publication of the full national strategy on DSGBV and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I thank the Minister for her very comprehensive response. I call Senator Pauline O'Reilly, the Vice Chair of the committee, to be followed by Deputy Clarke for a very short follow-up.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome amendments Nos. 75 and 76. They illustrate the complexity of the situation and the history that lies behind the Bill. They show why so much thought needs to be put into transferring records and the sources for records and information, given the very piecemeal history of adoption legislation and practices in Ireland. I want to refer to the Minister's comment on my use of the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I, too, welcome this amendment. It provides for a more inclusive approach, which is very welcome. So much of the Bill is welcome, and so many of the amendments are welcome. We have welcomed all the Minister's amendments, I believe. There is just the one sticking point left, namely, the provision in section 17. It is a very significant difficulty for us. This is a Bill that my party and...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I welcome this series of amendments. I referred to them previously, as the Minister said. They provide for important new mechanisms for a person who has reasonable grounds for suspecting they are the subject of an incorrect birth registration to initiate the conduct of inquiries by the agency or authority. They also empower the Minister to conduct a review. I acknowledge the work of the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 46: In page 20, lines 20 and 21, to delete “and no information session has taken place”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 47: In page 20, line 22, to delete “paragraph (a), (b), (c) or(d)of”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 49: In page 20, to delete lines 26 to 31.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 59: In page 24, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Information relating to contact preference 17.In every case where an applicant is provided under this Act with a 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 those records, the...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 20: In page 16, lines 17 and 18, to delete “, and an information session has already taken place”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 21: In page 16, lines 20 and 21, to delete “and no information session has taken place”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 22: In page 16, line 25, to delete “paragraph (a), (b), (c)or (d)of”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 23: In page 16, to delete lines 35 to 37, and in page 17, to delete lines 1 to 4.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 25: In page 17, lines 26 and 27, to delete “, and an information session has already taken place”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 26: In page 17, lines 29 and 30, to delete “and no information session has taken place”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 27: In page 17, line 31, to delete “paragraph (a), (b), (c)or (d)of”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 28: In page 17, to delete lines 35 to 38, and in page 18, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 35: In page 18, lines 33 and 34, to delete “, and an information session has already taken place”.

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Ivana Bacik: I move amendment No. 36: In page 18, lines 36 and 37, to delete “and no information session has taken place”.