Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is not the question I asked. Perhaps I have not phrased my question properly. If the Minister is saying she will bring in amendments that will allow for a father, at the time of the name going on a birth certificate, also to make a statutory declaration which would obviously, I assume, give him guardianship rights, why would one also need a cohabitants rule along with that? Have I missed something? Why is that provision necessary?