Seanad debates

Friday, 2 July 2010

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages

 

12:00 pm

Photo of Barry AndrewsBarry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The next group deals with the amendments outlined. They are technical, drafting amendments to update references in the Bill, including references to the Minister for Social Protection, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform and the Department of Justice and Law Reform.

Amendments 14 and 15 delete the reference to affiliation order, which is a term used in the 1952 Act but which we used in the Bill as a generic term. The amendments update the wording of the provision and provides that any orders or agreements to make payment for the benefit of the child in place cease to have effect from the time of the making of the adoption order but without prejudice to the recovery of any arrears due.

Amendments 17 and 24 are included on the advice of the Parliamentary Counsel. To remove possible legal uncertainty amendment 25 inserts a new section 161 to bring the general administration records of the authority under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act in accordance with Government policy in this area. The new provision, by amending section 46 of the Freedom of Information Act also has the effect of excluding from the Freedom of Information Act any records of the authority relating to or arising from the making of an adoption order or the recognition of an inter-country adoption effected outside the State.

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