Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a procedure to register a death that took place in County Limerick in 1960 when the record of the cause of death is destroyed and not available. [32290/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The administration of civil registration is statutorily a matter for an tArd Chláraitheoir, Registrar General, of births, marriages and deaths. I have made inquiries with an tArd Chláraitheoir and the position is as set out beneath.

Statutory provision for the late registration of deaths is made under the Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland) 1880 and regulations made thereunder. Deaths which have not been registered within 12 months of the date of the death, except in cases where an inquest has been held, require the written authority of an tArd Chláraitheoir before they can be registered. In such cases a statutory declaration is required to be completed by a person who is regarded as qualified to give information about the death including the cause of death. Other documentary evidence may be required depending on the circumstances.

An application to register the death in question should be made in the first instance to the registration office for the district in which the death took place and from which all necessary documentation can be obtained.