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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (10 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional mental health nurses the Health Service Executive plans to recruit to work in County Donegal. [9894/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (10 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that Irish Water is now issuing charges for water services to outline his plans to reduce the level of motor tax which heretofore funded water services. [10295/15]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 19: In page 23, lines 28 to 30, to delete all words from and including "(1) A" in line 28 down to and including line 30. The amendment refers to the provision: "A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure unless the person is - (a) a registered medical practitioner, or (b) a registered nurse." It appears to preclude what is termed DIY DAHR. As the Minister is aware,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why are people being excluded if they have engaged in the procurement in an ethical and informed manner, they have signed affidavits, the donor has consented to the treatment, and they understand their parenting roles? If they have the aid of clinicians and they have legal advice outside of the parameters suggested in this proposed legislation, is there any room for flexibility in terms of...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are families who availed of other routes and their concern is that their right to parenthood is not automatically guaranteed by this legislation. They would also argue that they have had the proper clinical and legal advice and have done everything properly in terms of signing affidavits. That is their argument that is being put to us and we want to put it here today and have it...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 21:In page 25, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“(8) A transition period of 12 months, from the date of enactment, shall be allowed for cases where patients have already selected or paid for anonymous sperm donors or have the donation currently in storage in Irish clinics awaiting use in treatment, to complete their treatment cycles. 9) A...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the Minister's commitment. She referred to section 20(5) and (6).

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will just check the reference.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have found the reference. I just wish to clarify with the Minister that what we propose in section 24(10) is covered by section 24(5) and (6), and that what we seek to achieve has already been achieved in the Bill.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister. The Minister has said the proposed measure in section 24(10) is already addressed in the legislation and in terms of the proposed section(8) and (9) provisions that it will be a year before the legislation is enacted to allow the necessary time to complete the process they have begun.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My apologies, Chairman. There is no need to press the amendment because the commitment from the Minister is a binding one and it achieves what we seek to do. On that basis, I welcome the Minister's assurances and I will withdraw the amendment in good faith.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 36:"In page 36, to delete lines 10 to 18." Amendment No. 36 deals with the issue of the cohabitation rule put forward by the Minister, whereby a couple has to have been cohabiting for not less than 12 consecutive months, including a period after the birth of the child of not less than three consecutive months. One of the key criticisms of the Bill that is quite...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not my-----

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will explain that in a moment. I am disappointed with that. That was not our amendment, it was not what we submitted.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The amendment we submitted was "after line 10, to delete section 40(b) in its entirety" so, unfortunately, what has been presented as our amendment is not the one we submitted. That is unfortunate. We do not propose to remove section 40(a) but rather section 40(b). That is out of our control but we will resubmit the amendment and ensure it is worded properly the next time. As we are...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister has suggested that she will not concede on the cohabitants rule in terms of guardianship. However, she will entitle somebody who has not complied with that criteria, and is not going to, the opportunity to make a statutory declaration at the time of the birth certificate. Does one provision not contradict the other? Have I missed something?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not the question I asked. Perhaps I have not phrased my question properly. If the Minister is saying she will bring in amendments that will allow for a father, at the time of the name going on a birth certificate, also to make a statutory declaration which would obviously, I assume, give him guardianship rights, why would one also need a cohabitants rule along with that? Have I...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does one provision not overrule the other?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is saying what happens when a father steps up to the plate and is there, although the couple might not be living together, and is putting his name on the birth certificate. It is at that point that the registrar will inform both parents that they can choose to avail of a declaration of guardianship. If that happens, then the cohabitancy rule does not apply because one has made...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Even though this cohabitation rule is being proposed and despite the fact that the Minister states it will entitle the father to automatic guardianship, if he is the perpetrator of domestic abuse or a criminal, then it will not be automatic and the mother of the child will be in a position to go to court and have his right to guardianship quashed. That is why I do not believe this provision...