Results 7,241-7,260 of 11,754 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: The intention has always been to facilitate the use of different types of documentation in the context of the identification programme. The definition of relevant information in the Bill is relatively brief in providing examples, but it is open-ended and facilitates consideration of various types of documents that may support the identification of a deceased person. This can be seen in Part...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 63: In page 52, line 19, after “comparison” to insert “under this Act”. I will discuss amendments Nos. 63 to 69, inclusive, together. These amendments are minor and they seek to provide clarification or ensure consistency within the Bill. Amendment No. 63 ensures that it is clearly stated that the samples and profiles taken from relevant...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 64: In page 53, to delete lines 13 to 16 and substitute “(Historic Remains) Database from a member of staff of FSI or from a person who took a sample referred to in section 52 where the member of staff or person concerned consents in writing to having that sample taken.”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to signal my intention to table an amendment to section 66 on Report Stage. The amendment will reflect positive engagement I have had with my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and the chair of the DNA database oversight committee. On the foot of this engagement, I plan to table amendments to provide further oversight and accountability mechanisms within the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I also intend to table an amendment to section 67 on Report Stage. Forensic Science Ireland advised that the current provisions in the Bill may make it more difficult to link any additional remains from the same deceased person who may be tested. This can arise in situations like in Tuam where there may be difficulties in fully individualising remains and more than one bone is sent from the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 65: In page 58, line 17, to delete “his or her consent to participate” and substitute “from participation”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 66: In page 58, line 19, to delete "notification" and substitute "notice".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to signal my intention to bring forward an amendment to section 69 on Report Stage to ensure that certain information can be retained to show how the processing of samples and profiles have complied with the provisions of the legislation.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 67: In page 62, line 22, after "FSI" to insert "and the Data Protection Commission".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 68: In page 62, to delete lines 30 to 36 and substitute the following: "(d) the form to be completed by an eligible person for the purpose of confirming his or her decision to participate in an Identification Programme;".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 69: In page 62, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(e) the form of consent to the taking of a sample from a person under section 60;".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 70: In page 64, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: "(6) An adjudicator shall make his or decision under subsection (5)within 12 weeks of being appointed and shall, as soon as practicable thereafter— (a) inform the appellant and the Director of his or her decision and the reasons for it, and (b) where the decision relates to an appeal under...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 71: In page 64, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "(7) Where an adjudicator makes a decision under subsection (5)to overturn a determination under section 48that an appellant is not eligible to participate in an Identification Programme, the Director shall, as soon as practicable after being informed under subsection (6)of that decision, notify that...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to indicate that I will bring forward an amendment to section 78 on Report Stage to provide for the issue of a notice of intention to commence works and a statement of compensation to public bodies.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to signal my intention to bring forward an amendment to section 87 on Report Stage to clarify that the period of time for the calculation of compensation is the period during which it is estimated that relevant works or related activities will be carried out and not the period specified in an order under section 82(2) or 84(2)

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I wish to signal my intention to introduce an amendment to section 89 on Report Stage to remove the provision exempting the director from carrying out remedial works on a site where the owner-occupier planned to carry out the works themselves or where the land is subject to development.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Committee Stage (3 May 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Amendment No. 75 proposes to require the director and-or agency officials to make themselves available to appear before the relevant Oireachtas committee. Section 25 already provides for the director to appear before Oireachtas committees. The concern is that it would not be possible to call the director before a committee once the office of the director is dissolved at the end of the...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank Deputies for their contributions to the debate. I join everybody in recognising the importance of the GAL system as it currently stands, particularly the work of individual GALs in supporting all children at a vulnerable time in their lives. I have listened carefully to what speakers have said and will consider the issues that have been raised in detail. The purpose of this Bill is...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The purpose of the Bill is to reform the existing guardian ad litemsystem. At present, guardians ad litem, GALs, are appointed by the court for children who are the subject of child care proceedings under the Child Care Act 1991. The GAL's role is to ascertain the views of the child and communicate these to the court. The GAL also makes...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Yes, it is the intention to undertake those sections in June. We have had a very useful and lengthy pre-legislative process. The report has come to my Department and my officials are working with the Attorney General's office on some points. A couple of other points have also come in, which we may bring forward as Committee Stage amendments. We see the importance of this, however, and of...