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

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 44: In page 53, subsection (3), line 19, after "oath" to insert "or affirmation". I am interested to hear the Minister's reply to this amendment which refers to affirmation. I will respond having heard the Minister's reply lest she would think I do not know what the amendment is about.

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

Michael McCarthy: The Oaths Act 1888 which allows affirmation applies to administrative matters relating to proceedings. The Minister stated she had received advice on this from the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. Did she obtain advice on it from the Attorney General's office? How does it impact in terms of the Oaths Act 1888?

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

Michael McCarthy: I accept that the Minister has received advice to the contrary but no one has explained how the Oaths Act 1888, which may only apply to legal proceedings, applies to administrative matters.

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

Michael McCarthy: There is an issue here in terms of administrative matters as opposed to legal proceedings. In any event, I thank the Minister for her reply and I will withdraw the amendment. However, this matter needs to be considered, particularly in terms of future legislation, because it is clear that there is an issue in respect of the interpretation of affirmation via the Oaths Act 1888. I did not...

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: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I support the salient point made by Senator Hayes. This amendment has been well thought out. There have been times when candidates benefited from the order in which their names were placed on the ballot paper. I know of a candidate whose surname begins with the letters O'C and who, for the purposes of positioning on the ballot paper at election time, drops the letter O. That same person would...

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (19 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: Senator Brennan has occupied a high position on the ballot paper for many years. Perhaps his contribution would differ if his name was Senator Vaughan.