Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 241: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance that will be given by his Department to a person (details supplied) in County Cork whose birth was never registered and who requires their birth certificate to obtain a passport. [15308/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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A birth certificate is essential to obtain a passport. The Office of the Registrar General has responsibility for records relating to Births, Marriages and Deaths in the State. The person in question should first contact the Registrar General's Office which will explain the procedure for the late registration of a birth. Once the birth has been registered, the Passport Office will assist in issuing a passport. The contact details for the Registrar General's Office are: General Register Office, Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon. Tel: 090 6632900, LoCall: 1890 252076. If the person encounters any difficulties with the registration process, he should contact Mrs. Joan Fitzpatrick in the Passport Office in Cork, at 021 4944722, who will be happy to try and be of assistance.