Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

What I have suggested in our amendment is that fathers and mothers should be deleted and substituted by "the father, mother, blood relation, or descendant of the parents of the stillborn child". I am not hung up entirely on that, but I want to outline the reason behind it. If the Minister has another way of saying it that is more accurate than what I propose, all the better. People apart from the father and mother who may be blood relations of the stillborn baby may at some point in the future want to search the register for genetic and other reasons suggested by Senator Henry. I do not think it is a good idea to prevent them from doing that. The father and mother would be dead, presumably, in most cases, but there are medical reasons why it would be important for someone, for example, to find out his or her genetic makeup. If the search is limited simply to the parents are we not doing ourselves a disservice for the future? This point has been raised with me and that is why we have put down the amendment.