Michael McCarthy (Labour)

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 15, subsection (1)(b), line 38, after "State" to insert "or to which section 26 or 27 applies".

I understand the register of births covers children born in the State and additional cases where children are born outside the State, for example, where children are born to Irish citizens resident outside the State such as members of the Defence Forces or Garda Síochána serving abroad, or otherwise, or where children are born on aircraft travelling between airports or on vessels between ports. Provision is made for registering such births in sections 26 and 27.

I understand the Minister accepted an amendment in the Lower House in regard to provision for foreign stillbirths. Perhaps the Minister will explain why she accepted the amendment. There is a difference between the wording in 13(1)(b) and 13(1)(a) regarding the reference "or to which section 26 or 27 applies".