Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 July 2021
344. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a birth certificate application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36008/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe HSE is responsible for registering births and issuing certificates once registration has been completed. The recent cyberattack on HSE computer systems had a significant impact on the delivery of civil registration services with registration of births suspended for 4 weeks. The cyberattack also resulted in the suspension of the delivery of electronic birth notifications from maternity hospitals in Dublin to the Civil Registration Service. Birth registrations have resumed and the HSE is currently working to address any backlogs that have resulted from the suspension of its services.
With regard to the birth registration in question, I have been advised by the Registrar General that the birth has not been registered as no birth notification has been received from the maternity hospital. The Registrar General has raised the matter with the superintendent registrar of the Eastern Registration area. The superintendent registrar has advised that once the birth has been registered the parents will be contacted with a view to issuing a birth certificate.
