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Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister for taking my amendment in the spirit in which it is intended. The Minister is right that we do not technically need a legal change to have marriages carried out on Saturdays and Sundays. In fact, there is not even necessarily a cost to the State involved because the existing Civil Registration Act allows that the cost of a registrar having to go to a venue such as...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: Sorry, I forgot which venue the Deputy suggested would be ideal. That cost can be borne and can be expected to be borne by the couple but so too could the cost of having a marriage on a Saturday or Sunday if there is an additional overtime cost. We need flexibility. State services, whether one is talking about the solemnisation of marriage or a bus from A to B, exist for the benefit of the...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I am not pressing the amendment.

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: Are we going to get invited to a wedding?

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I congratulate the Minister and her Department on the speed with which they are moving the Bill forward and the fact the voice of the people in so far as it related to facilitating same-sex marriage is being heeded and enacted. The Minister said it is only what is required to introduce same-sex marriage. Is it necessary to remove the institution of civil partnership? The Minister said...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 5:In page 12, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 54 of Act of 2004 21.Section 54 of the Act of 2004 is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):“(1) A body, Commissioner for Oaths or Peace Commissioner may apply to an tArd-Chláraitheoir—(a) in case the body is the Executive, for the...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: I move amendment No. 3:In page 10, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following:“Amendment of section 5 of Act of 2010 12. The Act of 2010 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 5:“5. (1) The Minister may, by order, declare that a class of legal relationship entered into by two parties is entitled to be recognised as a civil partnership if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (6 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has been made on the application for minor works by Clare County Council in respect of the Shannon estuary coastal protection works and the Atlantic coastal protection works in County Clare; if not, when decisions will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34568/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (6 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the works proposed to be carried out in the minor works application by Clare County Council in respect of the Shannon estuary coastal protection works and the Atlantic coastal protection works will be funded under the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34569/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (6 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 310. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform which part of the coastline of County Clare will benefit from coastal protection works that are to be undertaken under the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34570/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (6 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 774. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a lift for access to platform two at Ennis Railway Station in County Clare, for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34567/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Upgrade (6 Oct 2015)

Michael McNamara: 780. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when works are due to commence on the installation of a shelter at Ennis Railway Station in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34728/15]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: I am not a member of the committee, but I wish to give notice that I will table an amendment on Report Stage. I raised this issue on Second Stage and heard the Minister's reply. Effectively, the Bill abolishes civil partnership going forward, as persons can no longer enter into a civil partnership from the date the Bill is enacted. While I welcome the Bill, as I did on Second Stage, I am...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive reply. I do not doubt that the Minister has received this advice, even if I might not necessarily agree with it. The Attorney General's office is the Attorney General's office. Ministers and Governments are bound to follow the advice of the Attorney General's office. The 2010 Act introduced cohabitation and provided for the rights of cohabitees....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: There is another issue that I discussed on Second Stage. The Minister mentioned administrative burdens to people who are in a civil partnership and wish to marry. One of the biggest administrative burdens, applying equally to gay and straight couples who wish to enter into a civil marriage, is the inability to get married because of staff shortages in the registrar's office. People can...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister. There is another issue, although the Minister may not be able to reply straight away. Section 5 of the 2010 Act that introduced civil partnership allows the Minister, by order, to recognise civil partnerships entered into abroad. Does that remain on the Statute Book?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: And then?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: It is consistent with the logic of saying that civil partnership is a competitor to marriage and therefore has to be abolished.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Michael McNamara: Ciúnas please while we resume deliberations on the Bill. Those of you who are holding conversations should carry them on outside. Amendment No. 35 arises out of committee proceedings and has already been discussed with amendment No. 33.