John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 211: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the avenues which are available to a person to obtain his birth certificate (details supplied). [6453/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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An tArd-Chláraitheoir, the Registrar General, is the person with statutory responsibility for the administration of the civil registration system in Ireland. I have made enquiries of the Registrar General and the position is as follows.

Under current civil registration legislation, any life event, including a birth, that occurred in England cannot be registered in Ireland, irrespective of whether the event was registered in England or not. Births occurring in England fall to be registered there and any birth that was not registered at the time of the event may be registered by the appropriate British authority. To have his birth registered and to obtain a birth certificate, I am advised that the person should contact the General Register Office in the United Kingdom where he will be advised of the procedures involved. The contact details for that office are Births and Deaths Section, Room D209, General Register Office, Trafalgar Road, Southport, PR8 2HH; telephone +44 0 151 471 4805, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday.