Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for new birth certificates that have been received by the General Register Office or local offices from transgender persons since the decision of the High Court in the Lydia Foy case in October 2007 to the effect that the State must make provision for the legal recognition of transgender persons in their acquired gender [35593/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The administration of the system of civil registration in the State is the responsibility of an tÁrd Chlaraitheoir (Registrar General). I have made enquiries of the Registrar General and he informs me that six individuals have applied to have new birth certificates issued to them, since the judgment referred to by the Deputy.