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- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. We have a lot of work ahead of us this afternoon. I will follow on from Senator Higgins's point, especially in respect of amendments Nos. 56 and 57. In the context of all this, we have to remember there is perhaps not as much information held as we might like to think or wish for. I will share some experiences. As I said to the Minister the other day, I am one of seven...
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I want to come back to the point Senator Seery Kearney made. I agree with her and she has articulated her point well. I was just touching on some examples but I agree with her that it is about managing that expectation and being responsible. In time, when this process starts to unravel, we will eventually know the institutions that kept forensic records. I could tell the Senator 20 of...
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I thank Senators Warfield, Boylan, Gavan and Ó Donnghaile for amendment No. 14. The amendment is extensive and cuts to the very core of many of the issues with this legislation. I do not know how we can justify calling it "incorrect" rather than "illegal". I will share an experience. I met a family last weekend. There were six children, all of whom were illegally adopted from thet...
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I will pick up on some of the comments that have been made in the debate across the House. We can have "incorrect" and we can have "illegal". I think that is a good proposition. I do not think the terms are mutually exclusive. I think that is important. We need to be careful here. We are legislators and we are dealing with this Bill, but there are many hundreds of people listening in,...
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I do not disagree with Senator McGreehan on most issues but I cannot stress enough that for someone to take a child that does not belong to them without parental consent - someone who is not acting in loco parentisand is without any legal status - and then to arrange and facilitate the adoption of that child is not the end of game or a process but is simply illegal. Children have...
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I will focus on two issues and speak to amendments Nos. 23 and 24, which are extensive and cover many areas. I will focus on a recurring theme in both amendments, that of the details applicable in terms of vaccines. Amendment No. 23 reads: “the relevant person’s medical records from birth until the time of placement, including x-rays, tests, vaccines”. Amendment No. 24...