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IMEACHTAÍ AN CHOISTE SPEISIALTA.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

Dé Máirt, 25 Samhain, 1975.

Tuesday, 25th November, 1975.

1. Chruinnigh an Coiste ar 4.15 p.m.

2. Comhaltaí i Láthair.

Bhí na comhaltaí seo a leanas i láthair:—

An Teachta Easmann (sa Chathaoir), an tAire Dlí agus Cirt, na Teachtaí Mac Aindriú, Ó Brosnacháin, Siobhán de Búrca, Gearóid Ó Coileáin, Ó Dálaigh, Barra Deasún, Eibhlín Uí Dheasmhumhnaigh, Ó hEochaidh, Ní Ógáin Uí Uiginn, Fearghas Ó Briain, agus Mac Páidín.

3. An Bille a Bhreithniú.

D’athchrom an Coiste ar an mBille a bhreithniú.

(i) Alt 3.

Tairgeadh an Cheist arís—

“Go bhfanfaidh an t-alt mar chuid den Bhille”.

Cuireadh agus aontaíodh an Cheist.

(ii) Alt 4.

Tairgeadh leasú (An Teachta Mac Aindriú)

“In page 5, subsection (1), line 31, after ‘spouse’ to insert

‘(a) a lump sum payment for the support of the applicant spouse and of each of the dependent children of the family of such amount as the Court may consider proper, or (b)’; and in line 53 after

‘person’ to insert ‘(a) a lump sum payment for the support of each of those dependent children, of such amount as the Court may consider proper, or (b)’.”

Tarraingíodh siar an leasú, faoi chead.

Aontaíodh an t-alt.

(iii) Aontaíodh ailt 5 agus 6.

(iv) Alt 7.

Tairgeadh leasú (An Teachta Mac Aindriú)

“In page 8, after line 3, to insert a new subsection as follows:

‘(2) The Court may, on the application of either party, discharge an order under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, and nullify any agreement under paragraph (a), if it thinks it proper to do so having regard to all the circumstances of the case’.”

Cuireadh an cheist: rinne an Coiste vótáil Tá, 5; Níl, 7.

Tá—Na Teachtaí Mac Aindriú, Ó Brosnacháin, Gearóid Ó Coileáin, Ó Dálaigh agus Ó hEochaidh.

Níl:—An tAire Dlí agus Cirt, na Teachtaí Siobhán de Búrca, Barra Deasún, Eibhlín Uí Dheasmhumhnaigh, Easmann, Ní Ógáin Uí Uiginn, agus Fearghas Ó Briain.

Faisnéiseadh dá réir sin go rabhthas tar éis diúltú don Cheist.

Aontaíodh an t-alt.

(v) Alt 8.

Tairgeadh leasú (An Teachta Gearóid Ó Coileáin):

“In page 8, subsection (1), line 4, to delete ‘Court’ and substitute ‘the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court’.”

Tarraingíodh siar an leasú, faoi chead.

Tairgeadh leasú (An Teachta Ó hEochaidh):—

“In subsection (1), page 8, line 5, after ‘Act’ to insert ‘or any Order for the maintenance and education of a child under the Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act, 1930’.”

Tarraingíodh siar an leasú, faoi chead.

Tairgeadh leasú (An tAire Dlí agus Cirt):—

“In page 8, after line 36, to add the following subsections:

‘( ) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall affect paragraph (a) or (b) of section 14 (8) of the Maintenance Orders Act, 1974.

( ) Section 14 (8) of the Maintenance Orders Act, 1974, is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (b) after “application under” of “section 9 of the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1975, or” and by the substitution of “the said section 8” for “that section” and the said paragraph (b), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

Aontaíodh an leasú.

Aontaíodh an t-alt, mar a leasaíodh.

(vi) Alt 9.

Tairgeadh leasú (An tAire Dlí agus Cirt):—

“In page 9, subsection (1) (a) (iii) (II), line 5, to delete ‘by order of any Court.’ ”

Aontaíodh an leasú.

Tairgeadh leasú (An tAire Dlí agus Cirt):—

“In page 9, subsection (2), to delete lines 23 to 26 and to substitute the following:

‘times as the Court may order—

Aontaíodh an leasú.

Aontaíodh an t-alt, mar a leasaíodh.

(viv) Aontaíodh ailt 10 go 12 go huile.

Cuireadh breithniú breise ar an mBille ar athló.

4. Athlá.

Chuaigh an Coiste ar athló ar 6.30 p.m. go dtí 4.30 p.m., Dé Máirt, 2 Nollaig, 1975.