Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

It is not intended to give the registrar diplomatic status. The registrar is a company with a contract with the International Civil Aviation Organisation for the purpose of carrying out functions under the convention which specifically allows the registrar to be sued for negligence. The purpose of section 11 is to prevent a court from making an order at the request of one aggrieved party that would prevent the registrar from continuing to provide service for all others. In other words, if one airline company was involved in a dispute with the registrar and decided to sue, it would not be able to obtain an injunction to stop business being carried out with other airlines.

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