Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 8, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following subsection:

"(4) (a) Nothing in this Act shall be used to disqualify, prevent, or otherwise impede an Irish citizen who is resident outside the State, from registering his or her will in accordance with the provisions of this Act,

(b) Insofar as the provisions of this Act shall apply and subject to the laws of the jurisdiction in which he or she is resident, an Irish citizen who is resident outside the State shall be entitled to nominate a jurisdiction in which his or her will shall be executed.".

This thought struck me on Second Stage. If Irish citizens living abroad wish to have their will recorded centrally, they should be given the option to do so. I do not believe we can go down the road of making it mandatory, but it is an option and the world is a small place. People are constantly travelling and it would be no harm for them to at least have the facility whereby if they make their will abroad, they have the option to record it centrally in Ireland because they may well return to Ireland or, more than likely, will have family living in Ireland. This amendment gives them the option to do so if they wish.