Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
1219. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any circumstances by which a gender recognition certificate can issue as in a case (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40243/22]
View answerWhen a person who is ordinarily resident in Ireland, but whose birth did not take place in Ireland, wishes to apply for a gender recognition certificate, the Gender Recognition Act 2015 requires that they must provide proof of birth.
This proof of birth must be either a document issued in accordance with the civil system of registration of births in the place where their birth occurred or a statutory declaration declaring why it is not feasible to produce the proof and exhibiting other evidence of birth.
In cases where the person is not registered because there is no system of civil registration of births in the place where their birth occurred, they must provide a statutory declaration declaring that there is no such system and exhibiting other evidence of birth.
The individual referred to by the Deputy has applied for a gender recognition certificate. As they were born in a country which has a system of civil registration of births, they must provide their birth certificate from that country or a statutory declaration declaring why it is not feasible to produce the proof and exhibiting other evidence of birth. Their application for a gender recognition certificate can then be processed.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
