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Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: Amendment No. 49 is proposed because it is offensive to persons to require them to produce in the future a birth certificate which, not for the first time, states whether or not their mother and father married. It is inappropriate to say the least.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 51: In page 63, Part 1, line 16, to delete "surname of mother's mother" and substitute "surname(s) of mother's parents". The Bill introduces further gender discrimination in the particulars required to be registered on a birth certificate. For the first time, the birth certificate will record the surname of the mother's mother, but not the surname of her father. In a...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: Will the PPS number lead to that kind of information?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 57: In page 63, Part 1, line 31, after "either" to insert "or both" The existing law under the 1986 Act allows a child to be given a double-barrelled surname consisting of the surnames of both parents. I presume that is the intention of the Bill.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: Yet the reference to both surnames in the 1986 Act is being deleted. For the avoidance of doubt, I wish to reinstate the provision by means of this amendment.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: Which section is that?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 58: In page 63, Part 1, line 37, after "contacted" to insert "or by the informant if both parents are dead or cannot be contacted after reasonable efforts to do so have been made". This amendment is designed to rectify an omission in the Bill. The 1986 Act allowed an informant to propose a surname for the child in the event of the parents being dead or uncontactable, but...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: By an act of mischief or deviousness, as the case may be.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: It is a safeguard as such.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 64: In page 66, Part 5, line 2, after "the" to insert "name,". Part 5 states: "If deceased was married, the profession or occupation of spouse,". It is a little strange that on a married person's death certificate the Bill requires only that the profession or occupation of the spouse is recorded and not his or her name. Perhaps the Minister might explain the reasoning...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: The reason we will not include the details in terms of his or her name is because of circumstances where the marriage has broken down, separation or divorce.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: Is marital breakdown the chief consideration?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: It also takes account that where the spouse was divorced, it may lead to distress among family members.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I just think it is inappropriate. I appreciate the Minister's response.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 29: In page 49, subsection (1), line 40, after "divorce" to insert "or makes an order recognising a foreign decree of divorce as being valid in the State". The amendment seeks to provide a comprehensive registration of decrees of divorce to cover circumstances where a court recognises a foreign order as being valid in this country.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 31: In page 50, subsection (1), between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following paragraph: "(a) any dispute arises between a person and a Registrar in relation to matters to which this Act relates, or". This amendment would broaden the existing narrow basis for appeals under section 52.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 32: In page 50, subsection (1), line 23, after "person" to insert "concerned, as the case may be,". This is a technical amendment to improve the drafting of the Bill.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: Will the Senator be civil?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: It is not like electronic voting.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (18 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 27: In page 40, subsection (6), line 36, to delete "may" and substitute "shall". This amendment is self-explanatory and one that appears in various Bills. The difference between "may" and "shall" is very weak. There are different implications for both words. Given that the Bill is weak, the amendment would give the Minister discretion as to whether to allow correction of...