Sheila Terry (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 5, subsection (2)(a), line 22, after "deemed to be," to insert "or is entitled to be,"

In the Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004, which is before the Dáil, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform places great significance on the entitlement to citizenship. Therefore, if we are to be consistent, the entitlement to citizenship should be of equal significance in this Bill. The effect of my amendment is to ensure that a person entitled to citizenship cannot evade justice, as is the case with the section as drafted.