Results 201-220 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

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

Mary Coughlan: The information is a matter of public record.

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

Mary Coughlan: As the Senator has rightly said, the section provides for the re-registration of a child legitimised by his or her parents marriage to each other. Section 1(1) of the Legitimacy Act 1931 provides for the legitimising of a person where his or her parents marry each other and the father of the illegitimate person is, at the date of marriage, domiciled in the State. The amendment seeks to...

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

Mary Coughlan: It does.

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

Mary Coughlan: That is one-nil to this side. The right is established.

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

Mary Coughlan: That restriction was in the legislation in 1980 but was taken out sometime in the 1990s. I think this would be very restrictive. We give people a once-off opportunity to change the forename. As the Deputy knows, a year is quite a short period and it was considered restrictive in the 1990s, so it was removed. Maybe it was a Fine Gael Minister who removed it. I am not quite sure.

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

Mary Coughlan: The provision was considered somewhat unnecessary and slightly restrictive, and it was decided to take it out. Re-introducing it might not serve much purpose.

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

Mary Coughlan: The amendments seem contradictory because one of them called for a 12 month straitjacket.

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

Mary Coughlan: This is a once-off opportunity to either amend or change or complete a birth registration, for example where the name which is not originally registered is, for example, in common usage. That happens on a number of occasions. If I were to accept this amendment, it would result in the possibility of multiple changes of forenames with resulting degradation of the birth record. I have said that...

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

Mary Coughlan: The registration of a birth is designed to record personal details as they pertain at the time of birth. The issue of the amendment of the birth certificate following gender reassignment arose in an application for a judicial review of a decision of an tArd-Cláraitheoir at the time, not to amend an entry in the register of births following an application from a person who had undergone...

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

Mary Coughlan: I prefer not to pre-empt the Supreme Court decision. I would not dare to do so. Once we get the decision, we will determine what to do. The action taken by the European Court of Human Rights pertained to marriage and its inter-linking with the birth certificate. That is being investigated and considered by the inter-departmental committee on marriage reform currently working. It is best to...

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

Mary Coughlan: That is right.

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

Mary Coughlan: The Bill now provides for the date of birth or age last birthday of the deceased to be entered in the register. The Senator is right. Going forward we will be able to cross-tabulate from a control point of view.

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

Mary Coughlan: If the Bill were here first, I would have accepted it.

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

Mary Coughlan: Provision is being made in the Bill to facilitate couples working or living abroad. They can notify the registrar under the prescribed form by post. They can submit any other required documentation, for example, a divorce decree, by post but they must attend a registrar's office a minimum of five days prior to the date of the intended marriage to produce the identification and to sign a...

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

Mary Coughlan: Yes. The local registrar would be aware of something happening. If, say, there was a death, an accident or whatever, the registrar, who would be local and would most likely know the person, would be able to facilitate him or her.

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

Mary Coughlan: No, it does not. As I said, the signature has to be made with our registrar. We talk about a minimum of five days and circumstances may arise where documentation may not be correct, for example, and that would have to be dealt with. That is the reason we are providing for a minimum of five days. That is the framework we are looking at, for example, if somebody forgot something or needed to...

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

Mary Coughlan: No, it is not. Section 51 will deal with that.

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

Mary Coughlan: This is a totally different measure. This is to provide for the three months' notification. The other issue is dealt with in section 51 and we will deal with it when we get to that section.

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

Mary Coughlan: This section does deal with a notification of marriage and the requirements set out in subsections (1) and (2) of section 46 are substantive requirements for a valid marriage. Provision is made in the Bill for an application to the courts for an exemption to the three month notification requirement, as Senators will be aware. However, where special or exceptional circumstances arise, the...

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

Mary Coughlan: Subsection (6) of section 49 makes provision for the Minister for Health and Children to make regulation for the correction or errors in the register of marriages. It gives the Minister discretion on whether he wants to regulate on the matter. In the interests of better regulation, the need to regulate it is carefully analysed to prevent creating unnecessary legislation. It is in keeping with...