Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [22707/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The position in respect of the registration of the birth of the person (details supplied) is as follows.

The person (details supplied) was born on 4th February, 1962 and the birth was registered on 9th February, 1962. On 15th October, 1963, the birth entry was amended, on the authority of the Superintendent Registrar, in order to correct factual errors contained in the entry in relation to parentage. The amendment was made following the production of a statutory declaration from the person now registered as the mother. This information is contained in a marginal note, which was made in the original entry as part of the amendment process at the time.

Following the amendment of the original entry, the amended entry became the only valid entry in relation to the birth, under the statutory provisions, and the original entry cannot be issued as a certified copy.

Unfortunately, the documentation in relation to the amendment, such as the statutory declaration referred to above, cannot be located. As such, it can only be presumed that the amendment was carried out by the registrar in accordance with the statutory provisions in force at the time and subject to the production of satisfactory evidence in support of the statutory declaration that was the basis of the application for the amendment.

The person (details supplied) has been in direct contact with the office of the Registrar General and has been informed of the position as outlined above.