Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I do not agree with that determination because section 13(1)(b) states:

a register of all stillbirths occurring in the State (which shall be known and referred to in this Act as the register of stillbirths).

Section 13(1)(a) of the Bill states:

a register of all births occurring in the State or to which section 26 or 27 applies (which shall be known, and is referred to in this Act, as the register of births).

The Senator is attempting to establish a register of foreign stillbirths, whereas section 27 deals with the recording and registration of births outside the State. Births on this occasion, because the definition has been clarified in two subsections, shall be construed as referring to stillbirth as well. It is more than adequately covered on the basis of the recording of that information.