Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the information that is recorded on a person's birth certificate; and if it includes the mother's date of birth. [8129/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Part 1 of the First Schedule to the Civil Registration Act 2004 sets out the required particulars to be entered in the Register of Births. These are as follows:

Date and place of birth.

Time of birth.

Sex of child.

Forename(s) and surname of child.

Forename(s), surname, birth surname, address and occupation of mother.

Former surname(s) (if any) of mother.

Date of birth of mother.

Civil status of mother.

Personal public service number of mother.

Birth surname of mother’s mother.

Forename(s), surname, birth surname, address and occupation of father.

Former surname(s) (if any) of father.

Date of birth of father.

Civil status of father.

Personal public service number of father.

Birth surname of father’s mother.

Forename(s), surname, qualification, address and signature of informant.

Date of registration.

Signature of registrar.

However, while these details are required when a birth is being registered and are recorded on the Civil Registration Service system, the parents’ PPS numbers, their civil status and their dates of birth do not appear on the birth certificate.

The requirement for parents to provide their date of birth for birth registrations was introduced in 2003.