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Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: Yes, but as far as I am aware there is no legislative basis for doing so. Would it not be more sensible from a legal perspective to address this in the Bill now, given that we are putting in place a civil registration code for the next 15 to 20 years, as I have said repeatedly this afternoon? I am very happy for the people of Roscommon town because the GRO is now based there. We all welcome it.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: Civil registration is a long way from former Deputy Reynolds.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: I am grateful to the Cathaoirleach. I am interested in hearing Senator Wilson's views on amendment No. 35 and he will have ample time to air them in a moment.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: Obviously there is trouble in the Fianna Fáil camp. It would be sensible to establish and maintain a public genealogical search facility in Dublin. What are the Minister's views on this?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: Off the beaten track.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: There is obviously a good reason for that.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: I appreciate what the Minister has said. Presumably all of this material is not currently in electronic format.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: This new provision will kick in when it is in electronic format, but to take Senator Mansergh's point, nothing would prevent an historian or indeed anyone else, from getting the original copy. The Minister is giving a commitment on that. On another point as regards genealogical searches, the capital city has huge numbers of people arriving from other parts of the world, North America in...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: That point has to be kept in mind.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: When does the Minister expect this to be rolled out?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 37: In page 52, subsection (2), line 26, to delete "specified by the applicant".

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: No.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: Amendment Nos. 37 and 38 may be taken together, with the House's agreement. Amendment No. 37 is something I am not hung up about but I am interested in the issue contained in amendment No. 38. I think Senator Henry would agree that what the Minister is doing here as regards the stillbirths register is a welcome development and she is to be congratulated for it. However, an issue was raised...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: What I have suggested in our amendment is that fathers and mothers should be deleted and substituted by "the father, mother, blood relation, or descendant of the parents of the stillborn child". I am not hung up entirely on that, but I want to outline the reason behind it. If the Minister has another way of saying it that is more accurate than what I propose, all the better. People apart from...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: As a number.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: Where is that?

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 28: In page 42, before section 51, to insert the following new section: "51.—(1) Where a person is formally granted guardianship of an infant, the details of the guardianship shall be entered in the register of guardianship. (2) Persons who acquire guardianship shall furnish all details of such guardianship, together with all necessary documentation to the Civil...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: I request a lobby vote.

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: I move amendment No. 10: In page 22, subsection (1), line 16, to delete "The father of a child" and substitute "A person". The Minister rightly stated earlier that this section is one of the most controversial of the Bill. The new section 22 will replace section 49 of the Status of Children Act 1987 which redefines who we mean to be an unmarried father and his rights and obligations therein...

Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (18 Feb 2004)

Brian Hayes: Section 22(1) refers to the father of the child. What is the distinction between this and section 49 of the Status of Children Act which states that "In the case of a child whose parents were not married to each other at the date of his birth or at any time during the period of ten months before his birth, no person shall as father of the child be required to give information concerning the...