Ned O'Keeffe
Question:234 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Cork in respect of works carried out for his Department. [5328/02]
Written Answers. - Registration Fees.
The person to whom the Deputy referred held an appointment as registrar of births, deaths and marriages. The administration of the registration system for births, deaths and marriages is primarily a matter for An tArd-Chláraitheoir, Registrar-General of births, deaths and marriages, and for local registrars who operate under his general direction. Persons appointed registrars, who are not permanent and pensionable employees of the health boards, derive income from fees for regis trations and fees for the certificates issued by them. These fees are set out in statutory instruments including SI No. 278 of 1987, which sets out the principal fees for the registration of events and the issue of certificates. In particular and limited circumstances a registrar may issue a certificate which is compiled from an entry in a register, in which amendments have been made, and the fees for such certificates are set out in SI 234 of 1987. A review of these fees is ongoing.