Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the debate. We also discussed the matter on Committee Stage. We are aware a legal case is pending on the matter. Could the Minister of State indicate, as he did previously, that the Government will examine the matter, when the cases are finalised? At that stage we could seek to ensure that the intention behind the amendment on which we have been lobbied, which is to ensure that registration is possible in all instances of stillbirth, is fulfilled, and that it would not interfere with other laws. That would ensure progress on the matter and might satisfy the family in question which has lobbied on the issue. There are others who wish for recognition in the tragic cases they have highlighted to me and probably other Members. It might be appropriate if the Minister of State were to provide confirmation of what he said on Committee Stage, rather than dividing the House.

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