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SEANAD ÉIREANN BILLE NA bPASANNA 2007 PASSPORTS BILL 2007 LEASUITHE COISTE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS [No. 30b of 2007] [12 March, 2008] [Printers Reference] SEANAD ÉIREANN BILLE NA bPASANNA 2007 —AN CHOISTE PASSPORTS BILL 2007 —COMMITTEE STAGE Leasuithe Amendments SECTION 2 1. In page 4, line 11, after “2004” to insert the following: “or the corresponding provision of any statute repealed by that Act”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. 2. In page 5, line 5, after “Act” to insert the following: “and for the purposes of sections 18(2) to (6), 20 and 26 includes a passport issued by the Minister before the commencement of sections 6 and 7 that has ceased to be valid”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. SECTION 6 3. In page 6, subsection (1), line 4, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. —Senator Maurice Cummins. SECTION 12 4. In page 9, subsection (1)(c), to delete line 8. —Senator Maurice Cummins. 5. In page 9, subsection (2)(a), line 35, after “or” to insert “the person does not comply with section 18(6), or” —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. SECTION 14 6. In page 10, subsection (1), line 6, after “child” to insert the following: “and, if the father of the child is not a guardian but is named on the birth certificate of the child, such father,”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. 7. In page 11, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following subsection: “(10) It shall not be lawful for a parent who is a guardian of a child to remove the child from the State, or retain the child outside the State, without the consent of the other parent, in the absence of an order of a court, provided that the other parent was named on the birth certificate or was exercising any care, access or entitlement in respect of the child during the period of 12 months prior to the removal or retention.”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. [No. 30b of 2007] [12 March, 2008] SECTION 16 8. In page 12, subsection (1), line 26, after “duties” to insert the following: “or for related or other purposes in accordance with generally accepted international practice”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. SECTION 19 9. In page 14, subsection (1), line 19, after “paragraph” to insert “(a),”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. 10. In page 14, subsection (2), lines 24 and 25, to delete all words from and including “(other” in line 24 down to and including “citizen)” in line 25. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. SECTION 20 11. In page 15, subsection (1)(d), line 46, after “abroad),” to insert the following: “otherwise than in circumstances referred to in subsection (2),”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. SECTION 27 12. In page 19, subsection (3), line 7, after “accordingly” to insert the following: “; and a passport issued before the commencement of sections 6 and 7 shall not be deemed invalid solely on the grounds that it was not issued under any express power conferred by an enactment”. —Senators Alex White, Michael McCarthy, Brendan Ryan, Phil Prendergast, Dominic Hannigan, Alan Kelly. NEW SECTION 13. In page 20, after line 10, to insert the following new section: “29.—(1) Within three months of the enactment of this Bill, the Minister shall appoint the members of an independent Commission, which shall examine and report to him within a further 12 months the costs and benefits of Ireland becoming part of the Schengen common travel system. (2) The Minister shall cause to be published as soon as may be the report of the Commission mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, and shall also promote the contents of the report so as to ensure the widest possible public debate, in advance of any Government decision on the issue.”. —Senators Feargal Quinn, Shane Ross, David Norris and Joe O’Toole. 2 .