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Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Yes.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Vótáil.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 84: In page 84, line 24, to delete “subparagraphs” and substitute “subparagraph”.The principles are all interrelated. The current provision in adoption legislation is such as to give preference to the marital family or widow, widower or single person who is a relation of the child. There is a particular reason this is the current legal...

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Is that the Minister's understanding of the status quo? If it is, then all we are proposing is the status quo.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for her response but I do not understand the logic of her position. On the one hand she deplores a hierarchy of families, while on the other hand she says the status quodoes not involve such a hierarchy. She attempts to reconcile the two positions by saying that she is widening the pool of eligibility to include cohabiting couples, but she is doing much more than that....

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I was hoping the Minister might have something to add.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Yes.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 85: In page 84, to delete lines 25 and 26 and substitute the following:“ “(ia) the applicants are civil partners of each other who are living together and satisfy the Authority that, in the particular circumstances, the adoption is desirable and in the best interests of the child,”.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Vótáil.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 86: In page 84, to delete line 27.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 87: In page 84, line 31, to delete “subsections” and substitute “subsection”.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 88: In page 85, lines 15 to 23, to delete all words from and including “(3B) Where” in line 15 down to and including “Authority.” in line 23.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 93: In page 85, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(f) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “applicants referred to in subsection (1) (a)(ia) or an applicant referred to in subsection (1)(a)(iii)” for “an applicant referred to in subsection (1)(a)(iii)”.”.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: Yes.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 103: In page 87, lines 10 and 11, to delete all words from and including “(iii) where” in line 10 down to and including “adopters,” in line 11.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 104: In page 87, line 24, after “wedlock;” to insert “or”.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 105: In page 87, line 26, to delete “or”.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 106: In page 87, lines 27 and 28, to delete all words from and including “(iii) where” in line 27 down to and including “and” in line 28.

Seanad: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 107: In page 87, line 35, after “wedlock;” to insert “or”.