Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 July 2004
377 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason this certificate is still issued; the further reason the short copy will not suffice for a passport; if details on or the format of the long copy can be adjusted in order that person’s status as an adoptee is not public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20388/04]
View answerThe administration of the registration system for births, deaths and marriages is a matter for an tÁrd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar-General of Births, Stillbirths, Deaths and Marriages, and for local registrars who operate under his general direction. Section 22 of the Adoption Act 1952 provides for a register for adopted children to be maintained by An tArd-Chláraitheoir. The Act provides that the register be called the adopted children register. The items to be entered in that register are set out in the Second Schedule to the Act of 1952. A full certificate must be a true copy of the entry in the register. The Act of 1952 also provides that any requirement of law for the production of a certificate of birth shall be satisfied by the production of a certified copy of an entry in the adopted children register. As the format of the entry in the register is set out in legislation, An tArd-Chláraitheoir may not exclude items of the entry when responding to a request for a full certificate. The documentary requirements in the matter of an application for a passport are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
