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Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Seán Ryan: What happened to amendment No. 11?

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Séamus Pattison: It is out of order as it would involve a potential charge on the Revenue.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Willie Penrose: It is one of the mysteries of nature that if €5 is included in a Bill and it constitutes a charge on the Exchequer or the State, a worthwhile amendment falls by default. I know it is not the Minister's fault. It is system and custom. Deputy Boyle tabled the amendment and we tabled a similar one on Committee Stage. It is a matter of great regret that we did not have the opportunity to debate it.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Seán Ryan: I wish to raise a point of order in the context of amendment No. 11.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Séamus Pattison: Amendment No. 11 does not exist.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Seán Ryan: It does not exist, but that opinion was given to us on Committee Stage. The Minister gave a specific commitment about trying to bring all these various groups together and have an advisory structure within her Department to deal with this particular issue.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Yes.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Seán Ryan: It is not acceptable to say that is out of order as she gave a specific commitment that the spirit of the amendments tabled by the Labour Party and Deputy Boyle would be incorporated into such a structure.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Mary Coughlan: I did.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Seán Ryan: It is important the Minister makes a reference to that.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Séamus Pattison: We cannot discuss a non-existent amendment.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Boyle: On a brief point of order, while I accept the ruling that the amendment is not accepted, I would like to place on record that the organisations mentioned in the amendment are quite prepared to volunteer for such a grouping. I would like the Minister to be aware that such a grouping could be put together as soon as possible.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Yes.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Amendment No. 11 not moved.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Willie Penrose: I move amendment No. 12: In page 20, line 22, after "registrar" to insert "if required to do so". Amendments 12 to 14, inclusive, are related. The purpose of amendment No. 12 is to make the Bill more accessible and bring it into line with the realities of the process of registering a birth. The Bill retains, as I said on Committee Stage and indeed, on Second Stage, the Victorian precept that...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Dan Neville: I support the amendment. I supported it on Committee Stage as well. It is the only Bill currently going through the House that requires a person to present himself or herself in person. Nowadays, everything is done through post. One can apply for a pension and a range of services and register a whole range of items without making oneself physically present.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Mary Coughlan: Ultimately, it is the duty of the parents to register the birth of the child. We are all agreed on that. There is a three month period during which registration can occur. The necessary information required to authenticate the identity of the child is important. That can be done at the registrar's office. The situation has changed to allow a registrar's office to be used. Equally, the larger...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Willie Penrose: The Minister has not changed her mind. There are a number of amendments we are attempting to reach. Due to the time restriction we want to ensure we get to as many as possible. I accept the point the Minister has made, that the process has been widened and she has increased it through the number of informants that can become involved. I feel it is a parent's personal duty to ensure...

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Civil Registration Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (10 Feb 2004)

Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 not moved.