I understand that the Deputy may be referring to the procedure for the civil registration of a birth. The administration of the registration system is a matter for An tÁrd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, and for local registrars who operate under his general direction. The facts required to be recorded in the register of births are determined principally by the Births and Deaths Registration (Ireland) Act, 1863, as amended by the Registration of Births Act, 1996 (No. 36 of 1966) and the particulars to be entered in the birth register are set out in the Schedule to the latter Act. The details required to be registered in respect of the child include date and place of birth, sex, forename(s) and surname. In addition, the mother's and father's forename, surname, address and occupation are registered. Births are registered in the districts in which they occur.