Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16192/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Since its enactment, the Civil Registration Act 2004 has been subject to regular revision and amendment, including mostly recently through the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 and the Civil Registration Act 2019.  My Department keeps the statutory provisions regarding civil registration under regular review and new proposals are brought forward to address emerging issues as necessary.

While I do not propose to carry out a formal review of the Civil Registration Act 2004 at this stage, I will continue to examine the need to bring forward new proposals to ensure that the legislative provisions continue to keep pace with new developments in our society.