Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Civil Registration Bill will be published and if it will be compulsory to include the father's name on the birth certificate as a result of this legislation. [44651/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Law Reform Commission, in its report Legal Aspects of Family Relationships, makes recommendations relating to the conduct of family relationships, including compulsory joint registration of the birth of a child where the parents are not married to each other.

Any change of the current provisions requires careful consideration given the legal complexities involved.

This and other proposals contained in the report that are relevant to the Civil Registration Service are currently under active consideration and it is my intention to introduce legislation on this, and other aspects of civil registration, as early as possible in 2013.