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- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will it be possible to conclude the exercise before the Seanad debates the Bill in a fortnight?
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It could be made retrospective.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While Deputy Tuffy makes a valid and legitimate observation, I am sure there are any number of examples where one commences and processes-----
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If the logic of Deputy Tuffy's argument were applied to all legislation, we would not change anything and would continue to do things as they have always been done. If a central register were introduced, it would be necessary to invite people to register declarations retrospectively. This would facilitate people who have made a declaration prior to the establishment of the register. I am...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While I propose to press the amendment because I feel strongly about it, I also accept the commitment the Minister has given. My party will revisit the discussion when the Bill goes before the Seanad.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am surprised to hear what the Minister said. However, I accept there are resource implications. When one registers the birth of a child, the birth certificate is filled out. It is already the case that a copy of the record is maintained and held locally and State-wide. Having the parents' names on the birth certificate does not guarantee guardianship, but a record is kept of the birth...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to add a brief point. Based on my interpretation of the Minister’s amendment, would the General Register Office, which registers births, deaths and marriages, be the office that would receive and authenticate the statutory declaration?
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 51:In page 38, to delete lines 36 to 38, and in page 39, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:" "6B.A man who is, under section 5(1)(b) of the Act of 2015, the parent of the child, shall be a guardian of the child.".
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 52:In page 38, to delete line 38.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 54:In page 39, to delete line 7.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 55:In page 39, to delete lines 9 to 14.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 60:In page 39, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“Central Register for Statutory Declarations for Joint Guardianship 6C. The Minister shall cause to be established and maintained a register to be known as the Central Register for Statutory Declarations for Joint Guardianship, the purpose of which is to provide protection for the statutory...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 47:In page 37, lines 14 to 18, to delete all words from and including ", and" in line 14 down to and including "child" in line 18.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In fairness, many different issues have been raised. We would agree to the Minister being given more time to respond.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have no more comments to make.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to speak to amendment No. 47. We discussed this at length on Committee Stage and I appreciate that the Minister has put in an amendment to strengthen the area of statutory declarations. This is a serious debate and organisations such as Treoir have been to the forefront in highlighting the issue. There is inequality as between a father and a mother as things stand. There must be...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 34:In page 26, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:"(8) A transition period of 12 months, from the date of enactment, will 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 transition...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Based on those very welcome and firm assurances, I am very happy to withdraw the amendment.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the absence of a legislative basis and on the back of the debate, will the Minister and her colleagues refer this discussion to the Minister for Health and ask him to consider, if it is not already the case, the implementation of strong guidelines? This is coming from the clinicians themselves. They are acknowledging that this is not happening across the board. I appeal for this debate...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 8:In page 13, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:"(9) The intending parents of a donor-conceived child must undergo counselling prior to their initiation of DAHR.".This amendment has been tabled in response to representations made by clinicians. Unfortunately, I missed the Committee Stage discussion on this amendment which I have resubmitted on this Stage....