Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. O'Brien mentioned the use of that register for people who go into areas where there is a level of risk but that register would be a useful contact for people who go to the United States in the event of situation arising during the hurricane season or some other such situation. A newspaper in the United States organised for Irish people to go into a traditional Irish place in New York following one of the recent hurricanes and that provided a sense of community and connectedness. Perhaps that is too broad a use for this register but the representatives could develop it in that direction. It is about our sense of Irishness as well.