Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 13 November 2018, the amendments required to Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; if this will require further legislation; her deadline to amend this Part; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49321/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The sections in Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (CFRA 2015) that the Deputy refers to are amendments to the Civil Registration Act 2004 (CRA 2004) that allow for the registration and re-registration of births of donor-conceived children. These provisions fall within my remit, and as such, I can inform the Deputy that I intend to introduce a number of amendments to correct technical errors in the provisions as they currently stand.

There is a conflict in section 92 of CFRA 2015 concerning the definition in CRA 2004 of ‘Act of 2015’, as this term is also defined in that Act as referring to the Gender Recognition Act 2015. Consequently, sections 93 and 95 require amendment as they also include reference to the ‘Act of 2015’.

Section 99 of CFRA 2015 inserts, in the First Schedule of CRA 2004, the required particulars for registration of details of “Parent”. The list of particulars, however, is incomplete and requires amendment to add: “surname, birth surname, address and occupation of parent; Former Surname(s) (if any) of parent”. This will bring the list of required particulars for registration of details of “Parent” into line with those of “Mother” and “Father” already set out in the First Schedule.

My intention is to correct these technical errors by means of Committee Stage amendments to the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017, which I hope to see taken early in the new year.