Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a list of the current average waiting times for the registration of the birth of a child in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51146/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I have asked the General Register Office to enquire with the HSE the current time taken to register a birth. The table below sets out the processing times to complete the registration process in each county. These processing times are based on registrations completed in the month of September and prior to the re-opening of Civil Registration Offices from 1st October.

The Deputy should note that these processing times includes the time taken by the maternity hospital to notify a registrar of a birth and for the parents to submit the relevant paperwork and to attend to register the birth at a local civil registration office.

The HSE have advised that Civil Registration Offices are currently providing both an appointment-based and walk-in service, with registration of births completed the same day where the parent(s) attend and have provided the necessary paperwork.