The Civil Registration Service administers Ireland's system of civil registration. A person is required by law to provide personal data to register a life event (birth, stillbirth, death or marriage) and personal data may be exchanged with other public bodies and public authorities where provided by law. A person is required to provide personal data when applying for certificates of vital events and for searches of indexes to the civil registers. The data policy of the Civil Registration Service is available here or in hard copy on request.