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

Mary Henry: I presume this is the section which makes everything all right for the Church of Ireland service in section 51, where the two people are required to say if there is any impediment to their marriage. In the Book of Common Prayer, the minister says to the couple: The vows you are about to take are to be made in the name of God, who is judge of all and who knows all the secrets of our hearts....

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

Mary Henry: Does the declaration five days before make up for the fact that no one says anything? Section 51 states that the two people——

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

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister.

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

Mary Henry: I thank the Minister for tabling the amendment.

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

Mary Henry: I move amendment No. 33: In page 51, subsection (1)(a), line 40, to delete "may" and substitute "shall be entitled". This is the most important amendment I have tabled. I am concerned about the use of the word "may" in the Bill because in sections 50 and 52 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1880, which is repealed by this Bill, the public has a right to search all indices, local and...

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

Mary Henry: I take Senator Mansergh's point about "may" being the word that is usually used in legislation, but I am concerned about the use of the word "shall" in section 35. "May" is the word that is usually inserted, so why has the word "shall" been inserted in section 35?

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

Mary Henry: We spent a good deal of time earlier talking about the importance of paternity and of a child knowing his or her parents, but section 35 poses a major block to adopted children in trying to find their parents. In these days of much more open adoption, I do not know how in tune that provision is with modern life. I am involved with people whom I would encourage to consider adoption and the...

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

Mary Henry: It is not but I am still worried by the imperative in one section and "may" in this section. I will withdraw the amendment for now because I want to think about it.

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

Mary Henry: To support what Senator Mansergh said, it is very important that people should have access to originals. I dread to think of people copying my handwriting on to computer disks and people asking in years to come if my married name was McIntaggart or McEntaggart. Access to original documents is terribly important. I support the——

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

Mary Henry: That is right, if it is needed. In my father's family, at one stage we were given a family tree which showed what had been registered as my grandmother's family and dear Aunt Isabel had been totally written out.

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

Mary Henry: I would like to speak on section 62. I am somewhat concerned that this section is limited. When I first came into the House, Deputy Mervyn Taylor was Minister for Equality and Law Reform and I tabled a matter on the Adjournment asking for a stillbirths register to be set up. One of the reasons I asked for it to be set up was because of the importance of knowing about stillbirths from a...

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

Mary Henry: On section 62.

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

Mary Henry: I thought Senator Brian Hayes had withdrawn the amendments.

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

Mary Henry: I am sorry. A woman called Patel who was accused of being implicated in three cot deaths was eventually able to show that her grandmother had a series of stillbirths.

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

Mary Henry: This is a serious issue. We now know that information obtained as regards stillbirths can be extraordinarily important for future pregnancies. We are totally excluding any medical practitioner from having a look at this data. I would go even further than Senator Brian Hayes's amendment. Perhaps the Minister could consider it before Report Stage. We all want the best for a child and for any...

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

Mary Henry: I hope the provision is applied as the Minister intends. We now know more about the importance of genetics in such situations. It would be regrettable if people were refused such useful information. However, I do not think that will happen.

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

Mary Henry: It is traditional that affirmation is allowed. The Minister will be obliged to return to the Lower House regarding the issue involving the Church of Ireland. Could she not throw us a bone and allow for affirmation because it is traditional that it is allowed? It would be nice if, when the Minister returns to the Dáil, she could say that she accepted an Opposition amendment.

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

Mary Henry: We could have this argument over and over.

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

Mary Henry: I want to be clear, and I believe the Minister made it clear earlier, that there will be cross-indexation so that a child would be registered as "Murphy Lawlor" and "Lawlor Murphy".

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

Mary Henry: The Minister and I travel under different names than those of our spouses. This provision is vital, otherwise we might get left out on the certificate which will just refer to distinguished Members of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. It is important that the name of the spouse should appear on the death certificate.