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Rebecca Moynihan
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· active 2020-07-07 to 2024-07-17
513Contributions
238Votes cast
6.7%On prevailing side
179Tá
59Níl
On prevailing side: this member voted
with the winning side in 16 of
238 decisive votes
(0 abstentions
excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a
measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the
government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
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Membership spells on record:
LAB
2020-03-30–2025-01-29
Record
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 71:
In page 26, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:
“(4) Where the relevant person does not wish to have an information session either by an in-person meeting or an electronic meeting, information in accordance with subsection (2) shall be provided to the relevant person via post or electronically, and an information session will be deemed to have taken place.”.
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 72:
In page 27, line 2, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.
Amendment No. 72 strengthens the provision in section 19 by specifying that the Minister should issue guidance to the Child and Family Agency, the AAI and the relevant bodies regarding their performance under this section of the Bill. Section 19, a miscellaneous provisions section of Part 2, makes provisions relating to the accessing of birth certificates, birth and other information, and provided items. The relevant subsection pro…
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Can I speak to each of the amendments in the group?
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I thought we were only discussing amendment No. 72. Amendment No. 79 seeks to replace the word "may" with "shall" to strengthen the language relating to the issuing of guidelines by the Minister regarding the types of information to be deemed relevant to the health of a qualifying person. Section 24 provides for the release of medical information relating to a genetic relative of a person by a relevant body or the AAI upon the application of a qualifying person. This amendment strengthens the language in the releva…
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 73:
In page 28, line 20, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.
Amendment No. 73 seeks to replace the word "may" with the word "shall" in page 28, line 20, thereby strengthening the language in this section, which provides for the release of a statement by the relevant body to a qualifying person setting out the birth information it holds. Section 21 provides for the release of birth information relating to the relevant parent by a relevant body on application by a qualifying person. This amen…
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No 74:
In page 28, after line 34, to insert the following:
“(6) Where the records are unavailable, the relevant body shall make every effort to locate the data controller holding the relevant parent’s records.”.
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 75:
In page 29, line 9, after “incorrect” to insert “or illegal”.
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 76:
In page 29, line 14, after "incorrect" to insert "or illegal".
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 77:
In page 29, line 15, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 78:
In page 29, line 16, after "incorrect" to insert "or illegal".
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 79:
In page 30, line 27, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 80:
In page 30, line 30, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 81:
In page 31, line 12, to delete "may" and substitute "shall".
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 82:
In page 31, line 35, to delete "next of kin" and substitute "relative".
Amendment No. 82 seeks to delete the provision that a qualifying relative in respect of a relevant person must be the next of kin, replacing it with a provision that he or she must only be a relative. Currently the Bill provides that a qualifying relative for the purposes of seeking early life information of a relevant person who died in an institution specified in the Schedule must be a next of kin of that person, rath…
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 84:
In page 32, line 25, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.
This is similar to previous amendments and replaces the word "may" with "shall" in section 27, which provides for the release of a relative's birth information by a relevant body upon the application of a qualifying relative. The amendment seeks to strengthen the language in the subsection.
Amendment No. 85 creates a new subsection 27(4)(d) that provides for the release of records created or held by a data controller involved with…
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 85:
In page 32, after line 37, to insert the following:
“(d) a record created or held by a data controller involved with the relevant relative’s adoption, boarding out, nursing out and/or incarceration.”.
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 86:
In page 33, line 12, after “incorrect” to insert “or illegal”.
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 87:
In page 33, line 17, after “incorrect” to insert “or illegal”.
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 88:
In page 33, line 18, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.
LAB
2022-06-01 · Seanad
Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I move amendment No. 89:
In page 33, line 19, after “incorrect” to insert “or illegal”.