Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Forgive the digression. Apologies. The Government's line on the Bill is pathetically thin. It contends that voluntary registration would offer no proof regarding the existence of a subsequent will or codicil, and is correct in that regard. Indeed, compulsory registration would not offer such proof either. The Minister also made the point that voluntary registration would not be proof of the validity of the will or that it had been prepared in the correct form. However, the idea that that would bring the registration process somehow into disrepute belongs to the Sir Humphrey school of argument.