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Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 24:In page 21, line 33, to delete “enactments.” and substitute “enactments (within the meaning of that Act).”.These are minor drafting amendments to clarify the proper interpretation of the relevant terms: in the case of amendment No. 24, the term "repeals enactments" and in the case of amendment No. 82, the term "donor conceived child".

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, to delete lines 23 to 30, and in page 10, to delete lines 1 to 12 and substitute the following: "Short title, collective citations and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015.(2) Part 9 and the Civil Registration Acts 2004 to 2014 may be cited together as the Civil Registration Acts 2004 to 2015. (3) Part...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 2:In page 10, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following:" "birth certificate" means a document issued under section 13(4) of the Act of 2004 in respect of an entry in the register of births;".On Committee Stage, I indicated my intention to refine certain definitions. This group of amendments provides for changes to the definitions which apply throughout the Bill....

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 3:In page 11, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:" "donation facility" means a place at which a person provides and donates his or her gamete, and includes a DAHR facility;".

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 4:In page 11, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:"and includes a donor of a gamete that is used in the formation of an embryo that is used in a further DAHR procedure,".

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 5:In page 11, to delete lines 17 to 21 and substitute the following:“(b) in relation to an embryo, means—(i) a person who has consented under section 14or 14 or in the manner referred to in section 24(2)(b)(ii), to the use of the embryo in a DAHR procedure or a further DAHR procedure, or (ii) the donor of an embryo to which section 24(6) applies;".

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 6:In page 11, to delete lines 34 to 38, and in page 12, to delete line 1 and substitute the following:" "intending mother" means, in relation to a DAHR procedure, a woman who requests the performance of the procedure for the purpose of her becoming the mother of a child born as a result of the procedure; "intending parent" means, in relation to a DAHR procedure, a person...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I move amendment No. 7:In page 12, to delete lines 13 to 15 and substitute the following: " "relevant donor" means, in relation to a donor-conceived child—(a) subject to paragraph (b), the donor of a gamete that was used in the DAHR procedure that resulted in the birth of the donor-conceived child, and (b) in the case of a donor-conceived child who is born as a result of a DAHR...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: The purpose of the Deputy's amendment is to ensure intending parents have counselling on the consequences of having a child through donor-assisted human reproduction before undertaking procedures. It is striking to consider the number of couples availing of fertility treatment here and I accept the Deputy's point on donor-assisted human reproduction. As I indicated on Committee Stage,...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I assure Deputy Mac Lochlainn that the Department of Health has done a significant amount of background work on the wider issues that must be considered. The Deputy will appreciate that this is in effect new work. The Minister has given a commitment to produce heads of a Bill later this year. He intends to have a wide-ranging consultation, which will be welcomed. 11 o’clock I...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the persons whose details were supplied have made applications for asylum or subsidiary protection, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications for so long as they remain in the protection process. The position in this regard is in accordance with Section 19 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended) which provides for the protection of the identity of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149, 155 and 157 together. I can advise the Deputy that Garda operations tackling burglary are currently co-ordinated under Operation Fiacla, which is the national operation targeting burglary crime. This operation is supported by regional operations, of which Operation Acer is in force throughout the Dublin area, including the North Central Division....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was registered in the State under Stamp 2 conditions valid until 15 August 2011. They should be advised to make an application to INIS for Stamp 4 conditions on the basis of family dependency of an Irish national arising from their parent's naturalisation. Queries in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned has applied for a right of residency in the State, accompanied by a right to work, based on their parentage of an Irish citizen child, and based also on the principles of the Zambrano Judgment. This application is under consideration at present. All information submitted in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that a valid application for a certificate of naturalisation was received from the person referred to by the Deputy. My predecessor decided to defer a final decision on this application until December 2014. The person concerned was notified of this decision and the reasons for it in a letter issued on 09...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: If the person whose details were supplied has made an application for asylum or subsidiary protection, the Deputy will be aware that it is not the practice to comment on such applications until such time as they have fully completed the protection process. Protection applicants are issued with a temporary residence permission pending a final decision on their application. In the event that an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have requested a report from the Garda authorities in relation to the matters referred to by the Deputy. I will contact the Deputy directly as soon as the report is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 159 and 162 together. I can assure the Deputy that I am in ongoing contact with the Garda Commissioner in relation to the policing measures which are being taken to deal with crime, drug dealing and public safety in the city centre area. The Deputy will appreciate, however, that the specific policing responses to the issues he has outlined are a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (12 Mar 2015)

Frances Fitzgerald: My reply to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 17 December, 2014 in the case of the person whose details were supplied explained my Department's policy with regard to the provision of information in respect of individual applications for asylum or subsidiary protection. This policy has been reiterated on numerous occasions in replies to similar parliamentary questions concerning protection...