Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I point out a typographical error in the amendment. The (a) on line 1 of page 4 is superfluous and should be deleted, with the subparagraph renumbered accordingly.

In the first instance, the amendment is designed to limit the disclosure required in respect of insurance fraud to convictions relating to such fraud. The Bill, as drafted, would require a person who had been convicted of insurance fraud to disclose all convictions if asked to do so when applying for an insurance or assurance policy. The new subsection (2) provides that a person asked about his or her convictions would not have to disclose any spent convictions other than a conviction for insurance fraud, etc., thus limiting the disclosure requirement.

Second, the amendment provides in section 7(1) that a person making an application under the immigrant legislation must disclose all convictions if asked to do so. Third, the amendment also removes subsection (1)(b)(iii) relating to the Child Care Act 1991, subsequential to the linking of this Bill to Schedule 1 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act, which the House discussed, as the requirements regarding foster care and adoption are covered by that Act.