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

Mary Coughlan: I prefer not to pre-empt the Supreme Court decision. I would not dare to do so. Once we get the decision, we will determine what to do. The action taken by the European Court of Human Rights pertained to marriage and its inter-linking with the birth certificate. That is being investigated and considered by the inter-departmental committee on marriage reform currently working. It is best to...

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

Mary Coughlan: That is right.

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

Mary Coughlan: The Bill now provides for the date of birth or age last birthday of the deceased to be entered in the register. The Senator is right. Going forward we will be able to cross-tabulate from a control point of view.

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

Mary Coughlan: If the Bill were here first, I would have accepted it.

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

Mary Coughlan: Provision is being made in the Bill to facilitate couples working or living abroad. They can notify the registrar under the prescribed form by post. They can submit any other required documentation, for example, a divorce decree, by post but they must attend a registrar's office a minimum of five days prior to the date of the intended marriage to produce the identification and to sign a...

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

Mary Coughlan: Yes. The local registrar would be aware of something happening. If, say, there was a death, an accident or whatever, the registrar, who would be local and would most likely know the person, would be able to facilitate him or her.

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

Mary Coughlan: No, it does not. As I said, the signature has to be made with our registrar. We talk about a minimum of five days and circumstances may arise where documentation may not be correct, for example, and that would have to be dealt with. That is the reason we are providing for a minimum of five days. That is the framework we are looking at, for example, if somebody forgot something or needed to...

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

Mary Coughlan: No, it is not. Section 51 will deal with that.

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

Mary Coughlan: This is a totally different measure. This is to provide for the three months' notification. The other issue is dealt with in section 51 and we will deal with it when we get to that section.

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

Mary Coughlan: This section does deal with a notification of marriage and the requirements set out in subsections (1) and (2) of section 46 are substantive requirements for a valid marriage. Provision is made in the Bill for an application to the courts for an exemption to the three month notification requirement, as Senators will be aware. However, where special or exceptional circumstances arise, the...

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

Mary Coughlan: They are.

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

Mary Coughlan: I know the orders dealt with in court are registered and available. I have spoken to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the statutory declarations being made available on a register similar to that for court orders. The issue of compulsion is a problem for us in the context of this legislation because any agreement is a voluntary act between two people. However, as I...

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: Enactment of all sections will be in the second half of 2004. It will take that amount of time.

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

Mary Coughlan: I hope the registrar in his area has a nice office.

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

Mary Coughlan: The Senator will be aware that a number of issues arose. Perhaps he is not aware that the registration of a birth on an aircraft and ship was an issue for parents who are not Irish born. One of the reasons for bringing the legislation to the House quickly is that an issue has arisen and the Supreme Court is awaiting our decision. The problem was that births and stillbirths abroad, apart from...

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: I am confused about where the Senator is coming from. I accepted the amendment, therefore, it is included, as amended.

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

Mary Coughlan: Section 27(6) addresses the Senator's concerns. It reads as follows: Subsections (1) to (5) apply to the stillbirth of a child as they apply to the birth of a child and, accordingly, references in those subsections to birth or births shall be construed as including references to stillbirth or stillbirths, respectively. What the Senator is seeking in section 13 is included in section 27.

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

Mary Coughlan: One does not have to refer in section 13 to sections 26 and 27 as they stand.