Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-05-18
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I accept the Minister's point on "relevant person", so I will not press amendments Nos. 3 and 4. However, I am not satisfied that, in the section on relevant persons, the concept of incorrect birth registration covers fully the concept of an illegal birth registration. I believe they are slightly different. I do not believe "incorrect" is a frame that can incorporate "illegal". "Illegal" needs to be named, but I am happy not to press these amendments and to try to tackle the issue of illegal registration when we come to the amendments on "relevant person". I reserve the right to reintroduce the amendments with the leave of the House.

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Sitting date: 2022-05-18