Vol. 505 No. 5
95 Mr. O'Shea asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that three errors appeared on the death certificate of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14113/99]
The administration of the registration system is statutorily a matter for An tArd-Chláraitheoir, Registrar-General, of births, deaths and marriages and for the superintendent registrars and registrars who operate under his general direction.
I have had inquiries made with An tArdChláraitheoir and I understand that the death certificate, referred to by the Deputy, was issued by the superintendent registrar for the district of Dublin. A certified copy of an entry in a register maintained under the Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1863 to 1996, is required to be a true copy of the entry in the register and it is regretted that, in the instance referred to by the Deputy, transcription errors were not noted by the certifying officer.
The Deputy may be assured that the superintendent registrar has been instructed to take steps to ensure that all certified copies issued by his office are true copies of the relevant entries in the registers and that errors of this type do not reoccur. Any inconvenience or distress caused to the family of the deceased is regretted. It is understood that the family have been in touch with the superintendent registrar concerning the errors in the certificate originally issued to them and that a replacement certificate was issued by him.
