Results 15,841-15,860 of 16,057 for speaker:Mary Coughlan

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

Mary Coughlan: We will go into the particulars of matters raised on this amendment when we come to deal with others. Amendment No. 10 seeks to substitute the words "The father of a child" with "A person". Acceptance of the amendment would not substantiate or support the Senator's intention. One would first have to determine what constitutes "a person". The Senator is seeking that "A person who is not...

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

Mary Coughlan: Section 22(1) is written in plain English and refers to the father of a child. There is a determination there.

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

Mary Coughlan: Senator Henry has addressed this matter in her comments on the particulars which must be provided under the First Schedule. Quite a number of such particulars are required. If a person does not have his or her PPS number, it does not deter the registration of the child's birth.

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

Mary Coughlan: Yes.

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

Mary Coughlan: Yes.

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

Mary Coughlan: Yes. It stands on the Schedule. As a consequence of this legislation, other issues are being raised which fall outside its parameters. I am delighted that Senator Brian Hayes has agreed that every effort is being made to ensure that two parents register. Senator Henry referred to warm feelings after someone is informed he is the father of a child. These people will be facilitated in the...

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

Mary Coughlan: I accept there are other issues. There is no presumption in law other than that the husband of a married woman is the father of the child. There can, however, be complex and complicated relationships where, for example, the mother of the child may not be married to the father but is married to someone else and the person who is the father of the child could be married to another woman.

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

Mary Coughlan: It is the reality. There are sensitive and difficult situations with which we must deal. There are other situations where the father would be genuinely unknown. That is another fact of life. The high percentage of registration by both parents on birth certificates is good and important and we are facilitating it. Whether it is reflected in other responsibilities is another matter. Members...

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

Mary Coughlan: We do not have figures in respect of that matter.

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

Mary Coughlan: That cannot be done until the child is born.

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

Mary Coughlan: Double indexation will happen. A father is entitled to have all his details on certificate whereas Senator Brian Hayes is referring to cases in which a mother would not wish to have a father's name on the register. That cannot be prevented under the Status of Children Act. There is an automatic guarantee.

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

Mary Coughlan: The information is a matter of public record.

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

Mary Coughlan: As the Senator has rightly said, the section provides for the re-registration of a child legitimised by his or her parents marriage to each other. Section 1(1) of the Legitimacy Act 1931 provides for the legitimising of a person where his or her parents marry each other and the father of the illegitimate person is, at the date of marriage, domiciled in the State. The amendment seeks to...

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

Mary Coughlan: It does.

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

Mary Coughlan: That is one-nil to this side. The right is established.

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

Mary Coughlan: That restriction was in the legislation in 1980 but was taken out sometime in the 1990s. I think this would be very restrictive. We give people a once-off opportunity to change the forename. As the Deputy knows, a year is quite a short period and it was considered restrictive in the 1990s, so it was removed. Maybe it was a Fine Gael Minister who removed it. I am not quite sure.

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

Mary Coughlan: The provision was considered somewhat unnecessary and slightly restrictive, and it was decided to take it out. Re-introducing it might not serve much purpose.

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

Mary Coughlan: The amendments seem contradictory because one of them called for a 12 month straitjacket.

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

Mary Coughlan: This is a once-off opportunity to either amend or change or complete a birth registration, for example where the name which is not originally registered is, for example, in common usage. That happens on a number of occasions. If I were to accept this amendment, it would result in the possibility of multiple changes of forenames with resulting degradation of the birth record. I have said that...

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

Mary Coughlan: The registration of a birth is designed to record personal details as they pertain at the time of birth. The issue of the amendment of the birth certificate following gender reassignment arose in an application for a judicial review of a decision of an tArd-Cláraitheoir at the time, not to amend an entry in the register of births following an application from a person who had undergone...