Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

Like Senator Ryan, I am not a legal person in the sense that he described. The Office of the Attorney General and the Parliamentary Counsel have gone through the Bill with a fine-tooth comb. If they thought the wording was unconstitutional, it would not be in the Bill. The Senator is, however, right in a sense. The purpose of section 11 is to prevent one dispute from affecting the services provided for other registry users. The register itself is voluntary. However, the benefits of being a member of the registry are substantial.