Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 February 2022
228. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can change the birth certificate of their child; the process for such a change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8887/22]
View answerThe provisions governing registration of a birth and the particulars required to be registered are contained in Part 3 and the First Schedule of the Civil Registration Act 2004, as amended.
The surname chosen by the parents at the time the birth was registered can only be changed where the birth is being re-registered at a later date to include the father's details or following the marriage of the registered parents. There is no provision which allows the surname of a child to be changed where no error was made in the course of registering the birth, and nor is there provision which allows the addition of another surname to cater for the circumstances as they relate to the birth in question.
I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
