Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

These are technical amendments regarding a reference in the Bill to the registrar of inter-country adoptions and the foreign birth register.It is section 90 and not section 91. Amendment No. 3 is necessary in order that the reference in the same sub-paragraph (iv) reads "section 91(1)(b) of that Act". Amendments Nos. 14, 19 and 20 relate to the foreign births register. They amend the reference to "Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade" to "Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade", as the latter is the appropriate wording.

Section 14 (9)(b) provides that the Minister for Social Protection shall notify the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a gender recognition certificate is revoked under section 14. It also provides that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade shall amend the person's entry in the register of gender recognition of foreign births accordingly. Amendment 15 inserts "if applicable" into this provision as there may be no such entry. It is not mandatory for a holder of a gender recognition certificate to ensure that such an entry is made.