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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: If it does not go far enough, what more does Ms Kiernan want it to do?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: We need, therefore, to widen definitions and to widen the scope of persons who can apply.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: We need to widen that definition. Okay. I think that is important. Does anyone else want to respond?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: It was vulgar in the way that it was administered.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: My goodness. I think that goes to the heart of it. So much of the information is false, fraudulently forged and made to appear correct when it is not and from others I have spoken to, it is patent lies and deliberate misleading. Unpacking all that, I do not know that any Bill will ever address that. We have got to at least put the issues on the table for some consideration of some solution...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: That is heard loud and clear, very much so.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Ms McDermott for that clarification. It is powerful for us to understand why the term "birth mother" is problematic for some people. My own preference would be to use the word "mother" for everybody because the term "natural" is difficult for those women who lived with their children and had the opportunity to rear them. Some have come before the committee and talked about the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I agree with Ms Coughlan. Ms Mac Manus referred to the paternalistic attitude of knowing better and telling someone she would be better to forget. I was struck by the fact that if Ms Mac Manus's group has submitted the same submission three times, there must still be some remnant of that inherent bias. I am being generous and calling it a "remnant".

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank all the MEPs for being here. I say a special thank you to Ms Fitzgerald for the work she did with me when I was trying to get the waiver on VAT on period products to alleviate period poverty. Last week the gender equality index was published by the European Institute for Gender Equality. Ireland fared quite badly in that, particularly women in decision-making positions. We saw...

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: There are three motions before the House. These are: No. 3, the extension of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020; No. 4, the extension of Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020; and No. 5, the extension of Health (Amendment) Act 2020. The three motions will be debated together and decided...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: To follow on from that, under my rights as a data subject, I can restrict the processing of personal data about me by a data controller. I can also have that data deleted by that controller. They are GDPR rights, are they not?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Would that we could.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: However, if I gave birth in a mother and baby home, I could write to Tusla, the Adoption Authority of Ireland or whomever with a subject access request as the data subject and I could also submit a restriction request.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: However, insofar as it is my data, my data could then end up being redacted.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Right.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Let us say there were other data regarding medical information such as the manner in which I gave birth. I could restrict data on matters such as that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: We are relying then on someone else to be able to do that balancing and, in the moment, to be able to figure that out. My understanding of this legislation is that it is that right of restriction that is being set aside here-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am not disputing what Mr. McGarr is saying. However, if we do not have written down in legislation and codified that one cannot restrict, we are relying on the discretion of an official, at a certain moment, to provide for that balancing right.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Nov 2021)

Mary Seery Kearney: Okay. I will end my questioning there because I cannot be sure I will not duplicate what has already been said.