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

Brian Hayes: Amendments Nos. 3 and 28 are in my name and that of Senator Cummins. They relate to a fundamental issue on which many Senators have received representations from a wide number of groups representing unmarried fathers and mothers. Amendment No. 3 seeks to include after the word "adoption" the word "guardianship". Senator Cummins and I propose that change in order to bring a new definition to...

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

Brian Hayes: The Minister is looking at them.

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

Brian Hayes: It exists.

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

Brian Hayes: That is right.

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

Brian Hayes: I was the spokesperson on social welfare in the last Dáil. The dilemma sometimes is that in Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Acts these matters are stitched on at the end. The argument of this House is that there is an opportunity in the context of this Bill — it has been many years coming and to the Minister's credit she has produced it — to get this right now rather than...

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

Brian Hayes: That would facilitate duplicates of the original form being made available.

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

Brian Hayes: That would certainly be a step forward.

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

Brian Hayes: I was contacted yesterday be a constituent in regard to section 1. He plans to get married over the summer and is very supportive of the Minister's innovative proposals to allow marriages to take place outside of normal places. He wants to know when the legislation will be enacted. The Minister will presumably have to make orders regarding most of the sections. When will that commence in...

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

Brian Hayes: I support Senator Henry's amendment. We will not get a chance for another 15 or 20 years to get the general statutory provision for civil registration right. As I said earlier, rather than having civil registration added at regular intervals by way of social welfare Bills that come before these Houses, it would be sensible to provide for it on a statutory basis. I concur with Senator Henry's...

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

Brian Hayes: It can be awkward.

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

Brian Hayes: There was no cash for questions.

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

Brian Hayes: I think Senator Henry was referring to Deputy Dermot Ahern.

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

Brian Hayes: From time to time presumably there will be a level of disagreement, creative tension, call it what we may, between the GRO and some of these organisations. One does not need to be Einstein to note from reading the letters page of The Irish Times for the past ten years that there has been a significant degree of complaints about the length of time it takes for certification due to searches and...

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

Brian Hayes: When will they be established? Prior to their establishment, presumably the Minister will be in discussions with all the organisations mentioned in Senator Henry's amendment to get some measure of agreement on how they will operate going forward. What will the panels be able to do? I presume they will be advisory.

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

Brian Hayes: When will they be established?

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

Brian Hayes: The Minister must be complimented on moving significantly on an amendment in regard to death certificates that she accepted in the other House. That happened because the legislation was being discussed on the floor of the other House and groups had to submit their views on it. That is not necessarily the best way to do business in this technical area. To return to the proposal to which...

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

Brian Hayes: We do not have the resources the Senator has.

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

Brian Hayes: There is no such thing as a married father. It has to be proven.

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

Brian Hayes: The Minister is a contortionist as well.

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

Brian Hayes: The child has a right to all information, father and mother.