Andrews, BarryWednesday, 2 June 2010 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed)
One of the criteria regarding eligibility for adoption is that the person to be adopted must be under 18 years of age. The issue of the adoption of persons aged over 18 years of age originally arose ...
The Deputy is right that we are dealing with a blockage in regard to children who would be otherwise adoptable but are in long-term foster care. The categories for which the Deputy is seeking to prov...
The adoption authority will not be involved in the appointment of guardians and this Bill does not provide for the appointment of a guardian to a child. Section 17, which deals with placement, provid...
The circumstance Deputy Shatter has raised is not adoption. It is described in the various annual reports of the Adoption Board and is a situation in which the rights of the natural father are not ex...
Amendment put.
Voted No
The proposed amendment suggests inserting “in the English language” into the definition of Hague Convention in section 3 of the Bill. This is considered unnecessary as it is considered a given that t...
Amendment No. 7, if included in the Bill, would exclude applicants who are resident in Ireland who have effected an adoption order in another jurisdiction before the establishment day which may be rec...
In respect of amendment No. 10 in the name of Deputy Shatter, section 3 was brought forward from the 1952 Act, in which welfare was not defined. Thus, in the Bill before the House welfare will be int...
I wish to respond to the nonsense uttered by Deputy Shatter. We were treated to the same performance on Committee Stage, although it did not last as long. I have genuine reasons for resisting the am...
I have done so, now and on Committee Stage.
As indicated on Committee Stage, the Deputy is providing what purports to be an exhaustive list of the considerations that could be included as being pertinent to the welfare of a child. However, the...
I will not rise to the Deputy’s provocation. The purpose of sections 4 and 5 of the Bill is to ensure that agencies involved in the making of arrangements for adoption are registered in the register ...
Amendment No. 97 refers to section 147, which states that in determining for the purposes of subsection (2) whether a person has contravened section 125, the court shall have regard to the matters set...
To clarify, I mentioned that this section is to be read with section 125. Subsection 125(1) states: A person shall not— (a) make or attempt to make an arrangement for the adoption of a child, (b) for...
No.
I move amendment No. 12: In page 18, to delete lines 24 to 26.
I move amendment No. 13: In page 18, to delete lines 31 to 37.
I move amendment No. 14: In page 19, to delete lines 1 to 4.
On the first amendment from Deputy Shatter to delete the words “a person who believes himself to be the father”, the section is designed to allow for a situation where a dispute arises in regard to pa...
These matters are already before the court. What generally happens, as the Deputies will be aware, is that the father will have to seek an order quashing an adoption order to enable him to be properl...
There will not be that many of them. It is a fairly simple exercise for the authority to consider. In the vast majority of cases there will not be an issue. As long as we leave matters are they are...
I oppose the amendments on the basic principle that consent to adoption must be given freely. The period of 12 months selected by Deputy Shatter is absolutely right. It is a very long period in the ...
The Bill allows an exception for a child older than seven years to be adopted. The view and practice has been that a child under that age would not understand the concept of adoption and all flowing ...
This section and the entirety of the legislation are governed by the principle of the best interests of the child. The welfare of the child should be the first and paramount consideration. Unlike Dep...
Fair enough.
I am pleased to address this matter, having given it serious consideration in the course of my work on the Bill. This issue has been used to characterise me as not having guts. Every Deputy in the H...
Yes, no one wants that and the legislation was correctly withdrawn.
My point is that considerable work has been done on this type of legislation. That such legislation was introduced underlines my point that it was always our intention to introduce a separate Bill. ...
I have never seen such questions about parents. As I stated, however, I stand to be corrected. I restate my commitment to legislate in this area. With two years remaining in the life of the Governme...
The Deputy is absolutely correct. We want to introduce legislation to allow people to obtain the most information possible while respecting the limits set down by the Supreme Court in this area. I h...
To clarify what I said on the issue of family history, I was responding to a contention made by Deputy Kathleen Lynch that insurance forms, or something of that nature, required these histories. I am...
I will give heed to the Deputy’s information. I am sorry if I seemed overly defensive, but I am being portrayed in a certain light in this Chamber. I am entitled to defend myself. I am absolutely s...
Amendment put.
Voted No
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed)
Question put.
Voted No
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