Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

This section provides that the Courts Service shall set up and maintain a register of personal injuries actions. The register shall contain the names, addresses and occupations of the parties to personal injuries actions. It does not require personal details beyond that to be available.

In the old system before pleadings were no longer lodged, it was possible to look at cause books, and still is, to find out who has sued who. This provision is to allow for all of these matters to be on the Internet. Rather than define the Internet, I am proud of subsection (4) which states "'internet' means the system commonly known by that name".