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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I oppose the entire section. I know that I am being naive in my opposition to the section.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This section amends section 177F of the principal Act, which sets out what is required in an environmental impact assessment report, EIAR. However, greater clarity and precision could be provided, particularly to ensure that the requirements are fully aligned with the environmental impact assessment directive. I am raising this in the context of the Court of Justice of the European Union,...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I continue to oppose the section. The Bill makes changes to the leave to apply stage when applying for substitute consent. Some of the existing safeguards will no longer apply under the Bill.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This section amends section 177L of the principal Act to reflect the repeal of section 177D on applications for leave. Section 177D, which is being repealed by section 21 of the Bill, provides for the decision of the board not to grant substitute consent. In its submission to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage during pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, the Irish...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: During our debate on Committee Stage, the Minister specified his concern that, if an adoption was illegal, then it was not a full adoption. Our amendment No. 2 seeks to address that concern by referring to someone who was "subject to an illegal birth registration".That addresses one of the concerns the Minister raised on Committee Stage. The Minister will be aware that at multiple points in...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, line 30, after “her,” to insert “including records of those administered for the purposes of a medical or medicinal trial”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendments Nos. 4 and 9 relate to the definition of "medical information". Amendment No. 9 deals with it in the interpretation section of the Bill. This relates to medical information more widely and the crucial issue of vaccine trials. We had extensive discussion of this on Committee Stage, including engagement from Senator Boyhan and others.Amendment No. 9 would amend the definition of...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not doubt the Minister's sincerity on this, and I believe that release of information is certainly his intention. However, we have to look at legislation and imagine how someone else might interpret it. The paragraph (f) the Minister mentioned references vaccinations but it says "information on any medical treatments, procedures or vaccinations administered to him or her". There is a...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for this. I acknowledge that he has engaged with us. We had very extensive debate on this matter, not only on this section but as an example of a concerns regarding the general data protection regulation that came up in respect of other sections. This is not something anybody lobbied me about. From reading the Bill, I could see what the effect could be if people were...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 9: In page 12, to delete lines 3 and 4 and substitute the following: " "medical information” means, in relation to a person, their medical records and information relating to their medical history;”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 10: In page 12, to delete lines 3 and 4 and substitute the following: " "medical information” means, in relation to a person, their medical records and information relating to their medical history, including whether he or she was the subject of any vaccine trials;”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, to delete lines 3 and 4 and substitute the following: " "medical information” means, in relation to a person, their medical records and information relating to their medical history, including whether he or she was the subject of any vaccine trials and, if so, relevant information in respect of any such trial;”.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, line 4, after "history" to insert ", including records of those administered for the purposes of a medical or medicinal trial".

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 13: In page 12, line 4, after "history" to insert the following:", including whether he or she was the subject of any vaccine trials and if so, relevant information in respect of any such trial".

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 14: In page 12, line 27, to delete "genetic".

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 14 deletes the provision that in the definition of a provided item, that an item, including a letter, photograph, memento, document or object held by a relevant person that was provided, whether to the agency, authority or any other person, may be provided to a person who only falls within the definition if it is from a parent or genetic relative. Specifically by deletion of...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I recognise that the definition was somewhat expanded following the Dáil debate. I do not know that I share the confidence of the Minister's assertion. A person involved in caring for a relevant person and a person involved in the provision of care of a relevant person are quite different. Using the example I referenced earlier of the aunt by marriage, who may not be involved in the...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 16: In page 13, line 23, to delete “genetic”.