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Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I do not wish to be pedantic on this issue, but as a result of accepting an amendment in the Lower House on section 13(1)(a), section 13(1)(b) is rendered incorrect. It strictly confines, as the literal meaning interprets, a register of stillbirths occurring in the State. If the same logic that applies in section 13(1)(a) is applied to section 13(1)(b), then it is exactly as the Minister has...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I appreciate the latitude, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I know what the Minister is attempting to state and I agree with her in a funny way.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: If this amendment is not accepted, the interpretation of section 13(1)(b) begins and ends with "the State". The Minister accepted a similar amendment in the Lower House and it basically renders the Government amendment redundant and nonsensical and will lead to bad law. It is the literal interpretation of section 13(1)(b) that is at issue. It is not so much the mechanics of the implications...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 20, line 22, after "registrar" to insert "if required to do so". The purpose of this amendment is to make the Bill more user-friendly by providing for people who cannot attend the registrar or when both people cannot attend. It reflects technological advances because today some of this information can be processed electronically or by other methods which do not...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: The Minister's reply is noted.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 4: In page 20, after line 45, to insert the following: "(4) Where a child is born in a vehicle or vessel in transit from one place to another and the precise place of birth cannot be identified, the place of birth to be recorded shall be that of the townland or civil parish concerned, or other identifiable geographical area concerned, or if that cannot be ascertained,...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I tabled this amendment so that Senator Henry could ask her question. On Committee Stage, I pointed out a case where a child was born in an ambulance and the registrar used a distance between two towns as the place of birth. The Minister pointed out that the birth certificate can be amended afterwards which is satisfactory and the amendment was withdrawn on that basis.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 15: In page 49, line 40, after "divorce" to insert "or makes an order recognising a foreign decree of divorce as being valid in the State". This amendment provides for a comprehensive list of divorce decrees to cover circumstances where the court may accept a foreign order as being valid in this country.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 18: In page 50, line 23, after "person" to insert "concerned, as the case may be,". The purpose of this amendment is to insert after the word "person" the words "concerned, as the case may be". This is intended to improve the drafting of the Bill. It is in line with my previous comments on making the legislation reader friendly.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I join in the glowing tributes paid to the Minister and her officials. It was a complex and sensitive Bill and the Minister deserves to be congratulated on its introduction. I still hold strong views on section 13(1)(b). I shall go to my grave maintaining I was correct in that regard.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003 [Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (24 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: The legislation is a step in the right direction. Discussion on the Bill gave rise to a more serious issue — how the House does its business. Three weeks ago a technical flaw was discovered on Committee Stage of the An Bord Bia Bill. The Minister, Deputy Walsh, agreed to accept the amendment but informed me that he could not accept it in the House and it would be dealt with in the Lower...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: There is a paper trail from the ATM and bank statements.

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I know the Leader has already organised a debate on this matter, however, I support some of the views expressed on electronic voting. The Minister was away on European Presidency business in the Far East, and I accept that he could not be in this House for that debate, but it would be appropriate, now that he is back and the Cabinet has discussed the issue, giving it apparent closure from the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: ——that we debate the matter again in this House with the Minister, Deputy Cullen.

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: 2.—Section 6 of the Act of 1997 is amended— (a) in subsections (1)(b) and (2) by the deletion of "statutory declaration" and the substitution therefor of "statement pursuant to this section"; (b) in subsection (2) by the deletion of "said declaration" and the substitution therefor of "said statement"; (c)...

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, to delete lines 39 to 47 and in page 5, to delete lines 1 to 18. We have had many long debates in the House about the abolition of the dual mandate. Eventually people came around to the idea that it would happen, with one notable exception. The reasons behind it were well articulated in the House by the Minister and various others. It was argued then that...

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: We would not be on the far side of the House.

Seanad: European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (25 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. This amendment is in the interests of consistency. The Government had a clear policy to end the dual mandate in the context of membership of the Oireachtas and local authorities. When the legislation was introduced there were some good debates in this House and the legislation was subsequently enacted. Accordingly, the dual mandate finished. There...