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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 101: In page 14, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “(i) any religious order of the Church of Ireland involved in the incarceration of women and children and forced family separation;”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 102: In page 14, to delete lines 4 to 11. This amendment relates to the restrictive timeframes. There may be some confusion, and perhaps we could get clarity on this. The Bill defines early life care information as the information gathered from birth up until the age of 18. Section 2 (2) states that a person's early life care information only covers the period...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 107: In page 14, line 35, after “resident” to insert the following: “any person or organisation involved in facilitating adoptions, any person or organisation involved in the care of a relevant person, any person or organisation involved in forced family separation”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 108: In page 14, line 35, to delete “in respect of which” and substitute “regardless of whether”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 109: In page 15, line 8, to delete “and sections 7 and 8”. I will be very brief as I must speak in the Chamber in a few minutes. If I leave and return, that is the reason. I was afraid that we might get to this section after I had to leave so I am glad that I have the opportunity to speak because this is one of the key sections. It is one of the key...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 110: In page 15, line 15, to delete "or, where section 8applies, the Authority".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 111: In page 15, line 20, to delete "and sections 7and 8".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 112: In page 15, lines 22 and 23, to delete "or, where section 8applies, the Authority".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 113: In page 15, to delete lines 24 to 31.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 117: In page 15, after line 37, to insert the following: "(5) Where no entry is present in the register of births, the Authority shall seize all records relating to the relevant person’s adoption and open an investigation into what transpired. The relevant person will be kept informed and will be consulted throughout the course of the investigation.". I...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I will press the amendment.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 118: In page 16, line 1, to delete “and sections 7 and 8”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move Amendment No. 97: In page 14, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “(i) a religious order of the Church of Ireland;”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 131: In page 18, to delete lines 27 to 40, and in page 19, to delete lines 1 and 2.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 134: In page 19, to delete lines 3 to 8.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 136: In page 19, to delete lines 9 to 13.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 138: In page 19, to delete line 25 and substitute the following: "(c) a record created or held by any institution, agency or individual involved in illegal birth registrations.".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 139: In page 19, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: "(10) Where no birth information is available, the Authority shall seize all records relating to the relevant person’s adoption and/or illegal birth registration and open an investigation into what transpired. The applicant will be kept informed and will be consulted throughout the course of the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 140: In page 20, to delete lines 11 to 24. I will speak specifically on amendments Nos. 145 and 208. They go back to the same arguments on the mandatory information session. This is relevant to people aged between 16 and 18 but the same arguments apply. We have made our points in this regard.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I support what Deputy Bacik is saying. I fundamentally disagree with the mandatory information session. Even setting it aside from the point of view of principles and what is right, from a practical point of view for the State, having this meeting in preference to a physical letter opens up a whole can of "he said, she said". We all know the idea of registered post is that if somebody...