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Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 23:In page 29, line 35, to delete "(14) Regulations" and substitute "(15) Regulations".

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 24:In page 29, line 38, to delete "(15) This" and substitute "(16) This".

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 25:In page 29, line 40, to delete "30 September" and substitute "1 September".

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 26:In page 29, line 43, to delete "30 September" and substitute "1 September".

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 27:In page 35, lines 7 and 8, to delete "the Act of 1995" and substitute "that Act".

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 28:In page 35, lines 16 and 17, to delete "adopting mother, sole male adopter" and substitute "relevant adopting parent within the meaning of that Act".

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: On behalf of the Minister, I thank Members for their engagement on Committee Stage and again this evening and for their contributions on the various other Stages. This is an important day as the House passes legislation which gives parents, primarily fathers, the right to paternity leave. This is a recognition of the important role played by fathers in the care of their children. This...

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I can address that.

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I thank the Deputy. I apologise, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I should also have congratulated you. I look forward to working with you. Stillbirth is covered by the Bill. The term "confinement" ensures any father whose child is stillborn after 24 weeks is entitled to the benefit. I will personally pass the Deputies' observations on communication to the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice...

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: Written confirmation of what I have said will be forthcoming and I will personally talk to the Minister this evening or in the morning to ensure it happens.

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, to delete line 30 and substitute the following:“ “day of placement” means the day on which a child who is, or is to be, adopted is placed physically in the care of the relevant adopting parent with a view to the adoption of the child or, in the case of an intercountry adoption effected outside the State where the child has not previously...

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 3:In page 7, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“ “relevant adopting parent”, in relation to a child who is, or is to be, adopted, means—(a) in the case of a child referred to in paragraph (a)(i) of the definition of relevant parent, the spouse of the relevant parent in relation to that child, (b) the adopting mother of the...

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 4:In page 7, to delete lines 31 to 33 and substitute the following:“(a) in the case of a child who is, or is to be, adopted—(i) where the child is, or is to be, adopted jointly by a married couple of the same sex, the spouse chosen by that couple to be the relevant parent for the purposes of this Act, or (ii) in any other case, the spouse, civil partner or...

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, lines 8 and 9, to delete “adopting mother or sole male adopter” and substitute “relevant adopting parent”.

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 6:In page 9, lines 35 and 36, to delete “adopting mother, sole male adopter” and substitute “relevant adopting parent”.

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 7:In page 10, line 14, to delete “30 September” and substitute “1 September”. I propose to take amendments Nos. 7, 8, 25 and 26 together, given that they relate to the commencement of the paternity leave and benefit. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, and the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy...

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, lines 7 and 8, to delete “adopting mother, sole male adopter” and substitute “relevant adopting parent”. I propose to discuss amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, 9 to 13, inclusive, 16 to 24, inclusive, 27 and 28 together. The proposed amendments are necessary to give the right to paternity leave to male same-sex couples that adopt....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (5 Jul 2016)

Dara Murphy: The position is that the primary purpose of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, which transpose the Council of Europe's Data Protection Convention (1981) and the EU's Data Protection Directive (1995) into our national law, is to ensure protection of the personal data of individuals. The Acts apply to all processing of personal data, including collection, use, sharing, disclosure and...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Dara Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his kind words. I also congratulate him on his appointment as Chairman of the European Union affairs committee. It has worked very well on a cross-party basis and I know it contains Deputy Haughey for Fianna Fáil and Deputy Crowe for Sinn Féin along with others. It is important it gets up and running because we need to act collectively.