Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Moloney for the warning. Only when discussing this today did I remember that I knew my childhood next-door neighbour as Mr. O'Toole but, on his death, learned his name was actually John McCormack. In case people are concerned, I have not used real names. Everyone knew him by his wife's name. When I ran for election in 1999 I introduced myself as Humphreys but everyone thought I was a Davis as I am Kathleen Davis's son.

There has always been confusion on surnames and the section aims to deal with this. I accept the comments made and it can be a complicated area but we must lay down a mechanism to deal with surnames.