Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 13, to delete lines 15 to 19 and substitute the following:“(a) the child resides in the State, and”.

The basis for these amendments is to allow for circumstances where a child has started in the adoption process while still a minor but has passed the age of 18 before the process is completed. I commend the Minister, Deputy Zappone, on referring to such scenarios on Second Stage and on her willingness to engage in what can happen here, as attested to by Senator Burke previously. There is ample opportunity to amend this now to stop situations arising where children lose out on succession and kinship rights with their prospective parents as a result of a provision which should consider such exceptional circumstances.