Peter Mathews (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I support Deputy Mac Lochlainn. It is a bit like the Land Registry as it solved a lot of problems when land and properties were registered centrally. Previously title documents were lost. We are talking about a statutory declaration, which by its nature the State protects. Given the importance of what the declaration protects, it ought to be on a central register to keep it safe. That is the case without a doubt. It is a sine qua non, as the lawyers say, an indispensable condition without which something should not happen.

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