Michael Kitt (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

I have been advised by the Office of the Attorney General that amendment No. 2 is unnecessary because section 5 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 deals with the points raised. Section 5 of that Act states that in so far as any certificate issued under an enactment repealed by section 4 of the same Act could have been issued under a corresponding provision of the Act, it shall not be invalidated by the repeals effected by section 4 but shall have effect as if issued under that corresponding provision. Accordingly, it is not necessary to provide a saver in respect of certificates of birth issued under any legislation prior to the 2004 Act. I do not propose to accept the amendment.

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