Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedure to address a circumstance raised in correspondence (details supplied). [22901/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The re-registration of births to include the name of the father is provided for in Section 23 of the Civil Registration Act 2004. This section provides that a registrar may enter the name of the father in the Register of Births on receipt of a declaration by the parents of the child identifying a person as the father, or on production of a Court Order declaring a person to be the father of the child.

In the case referred to by the Deputy it is assumed, due to the remove in time, that it is not now possible to obtain declarations from the parents of the person concerned.

It is however open to the person to apply to the Circuit Court for a declaration of parentage. I understand that the General Register Office recently advised the person that this is the appropriate course of action.