Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options open to an Irish person who has no birth certificate or record of their birth here, after making substantial enquiries, but who needs to obtain a birth certificate for official and social welfare purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32812/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The registration of births in Ireland is governed by the Civil Registration Act 2004. Where the birth of a person born in Ireland has not been registered and there is no qualified informant alive or available to register the birth, the birth may be registered under the provisions set out in section 19 (5) of the Act.

In order to effect a registration under this section, it will be necessary to provide evidence which an tArd Chláratheoir considers adequate for the purpose of registering the birth, such as a baptismal certificate (or similar, in relation to other religions), school records, or any other record, relating to the person's childhood, that shows the person's place and date of birth.

Any person with a query in relation to registrations under section 19 (5) should contact the office of the Registrar General directly for further information.

The General Register Office can be contacted as follows:

Email Address:

Telephone: +353(0)90 6632900

LoCall: 1890 252076

Fax: +353(0)90 6623999

Post:

General Register Office

Government Offices

Convent Road

Roscommon