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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 26 Feb 1997

Vol. 475 No. 5

Written Answers - Registration of Birth.

Noel Ahern

Question:

107 Mr. N. Ahern asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who holds an Irish passport, who has applied for an Irish birth certificate; if a birth certificate will be granted; and if he will give details of the problems in view of the fact that the parents are abroad and not intending to visit for some time. [5390/97]

Limerick East): The administration of the registration system is statutorily a matter for An tArd-Chláraitheoir, Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

The registration in the State of a birth or death event occurring outside the State is subject to a number of conditions set down in section 4 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1972. Among these conditions is the requirement that evidence to the satisfaction of An tArdChláraitheoir must be produced to the effect that the applicant, an Irish citizen, was domiciled in the State at the time of the birth of a child in a foreign country.

I understand that evidence available to An tArd-Chláraitheoir indicates that these domiciliary requirements have not been met and accordingly the birth in question may not be entered in the register. The applicant has been informed why his application cannot be approved.

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