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Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I support the amendment and feel strongly about it. I have spoken in this House on numerous occasions about the right of a child to know, as well as to be parented by, both parents. Except in exceptional circumstances, that it is a child's fundamental right. The section as drafted reflects society's view of parenthood outside marriage, that the mother is the parent, with the father sometimes...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: It gives a very strong signal.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, line 23, to delete "shall come" and substitute "comes". This amendment proposes to use the active voice. The greater use of the active voice has been recommended by the Law Reform Commission in its report on legislative drafting. In quite a few Bills I have seen serious inconsistencies in the drafting style and quality. The commencement provisions of many...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: It is not very important so we will not fall out over it.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I support the amendments. I remember very clearly the passage of the stillbirth registration legislation in the House some years ago. I was involved in the debate on the Bill and became very conscious of the difficulties experienced by parents of stillbirths and the mourning and trauma they experience, which is every bit as real and sometimes more severe than that associated with the death of...

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: No.

Order of Business. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: There was ten hours of debate on Committee Stage of this Bill and the Minister said she would examine many matters when the debate recommenced in the House. We have examined the Bill in close detail on Committee Stage and to complete it in just one hour would be impossible and would not do the Bill any justice.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will issue new planning guidelines to local authorities. [2697/04]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will give permanent staff to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick. [2753/04]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Health and Children , further to Question No. 390 of 11 November 2003, his views on the transfer of 24 persons with intellectual disability from St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick, to accommodation appropriate to their needs. [2771/04]

Written Answers — Suicide Incidence: Suicide Incidence (3 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Health and Children , further to Question No. 79 of 7 May 2003, the areas of spending on suicide prevention and research in 2004. [2955/04]