Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The amendment to the Act provides that the relationships between a person affected by an illegal birth registration and his or her parents and the relationship between this person and his or her parents will be deduced "in accordance with section 4B(1) of the Succession Act" and all other relationships will be determined accordingly. When these provisions are applied, the social parents of an affected person will be the grandparents of the affected person's child.