Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be issued a birth certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14671/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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An tArd Chláraitheoir, Registrar General, is responsible for the registration of all life events, including births. I have made inquiries with him concerning this matter and the position is set as follows.

The procedures for the registration of the birth of the person in County Kildare are governed by the provisions referring to late registrations, that is births that are not registered within 12 months of the event.

The Registrar General's office has been in correspondence with the qualified informant in this case since August 2000 with a view to completing the registration procedures. Although several reminders were issued to the informant in the interim, the procedures were not complied with until April of this year. The birth in question was registered on 3 May 2005 and the certificate has now been issued to the applicant.