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Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Higgins' amendments, Nos. 20 and 22, deal with this issue also, probably in a more detailed way. However, I support those of Deputy Shatter. Disputes of the kind in question are rare but, when they occur, they can be quite traumatic. According to the most recent estimate I saw, unless one has approximately €10,000 to engage quickly in court proceedings to decide on an order —...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Deputy Michael D. Higgins was very clear on this. Virtually everything can be appealed in this country and we are very lucky in that regard. If one is not granted a taxi licence or a PSV permit, one can appeal to the District Court and if needs be proceed to the Circuit Court. Whatever a citizen is denied, he or she may appeal, and that is as it should be. An appeals mechanism should...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: As regards the Minister of State's reply, the motions I was speaking to were about citizenship and the fact that there is no clear cut appeal, in that regard. I did not quite understand what the Minister of State had to say as regards the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Is he saying an appeal could be made to that Department?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: While I had not intended speaking on this amendment, having listened to the argument proposed, it strikes me that there is probably more personal information on a credit card than on a passport. Yet while we have no difficulty with the bank knowing all our details, we have considerable difficulty with governments knowing it. I would be the first person to say that individuals have a right...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 20: In page 10, line 3, after "child" to insert the following: "and, if father of the child is not a guardian but is named on the birth certificate of the child, such father,". Amendment No. 22 states: In page 11, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(10) It shall not be lawful for a parent who is a guardian of a child to remove the child from the State, or...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I understand fully what the Minister is saying. However, most fathers who are in stable relationships do not apply to become guardians of their children. It is the assumption of all of us when we get married or start living with someone that the relationship is for life. One does not expect one's relationship to break down. It is only when it starts to go wrong that applications are made...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 23: In page 12, line 21, after "duties" to insert the following: "or for related or other purposes in accordance with generally accepted international practice". This amendment relates to an issue that arose on Committee Stage. In his response to a parliamentary question, the Minister for Foreign Affairs confirmed that diplomatic passports are, as a matter of course,...

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Is the Minister of State saying that all former Ministers now hold diplomatic passports irrespective of whether they are still Members?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Is that the entire scope of this provision or is there another category of people who also hold diplomatic passports?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I did not consider the matter of Mr. Turner's passport to be a cause for great concern. I might be one of the few of that opinion. If he was entitled to a passport, there is nothing more to it. However, this is a different issue. How many diplomatic passports were issued to people other than diplomats and Ministers? Is it a significant quantity and what category of person is involved?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Is that less than 100 out of the categories the Minister of State mentioned?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Does that mean 99 were issued? I am serious; 100 is a significant number.

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Are business people included in that number?

Passports Bill 2007: Report Stage (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: I will return to this issue at a different time by way of a parliamentary question. I remain of the view that there is an anomaly in that elected Members must abide by certain rules in regard to diplomatic passports while others who hold them are not bound by the same rules.

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the call by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to raise the minimum age for membership of the Defence Forces to 18; the number of personnel under 18 who are currently full members or in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6336/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Cork University Dental School does not provide a service for special needs patients to have restorative treatment under general anaesthesia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6140/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) with Down's syndrome and an intellectual disability has been unable to have dental treatment at the Cork University Dental School and Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6141/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (19 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many people with intellectual disabilities have been unable to access dental care in the Cork area due to the withdrawal or unavailability of full anaesthetic services; if there is a dispute ongoing between the Health Service Executive and Cork University Hospital on this issue; the...

Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: Maybe it will.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2008)

Kathleen Lynch: The Minister is not interested.