Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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657. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether it is possible to have the General Registry Office recognise a UN birth document for a refugee born overseas (now an Irish citizen) with a new birth certificate issued in Ireland. [44319/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The registration of a birth outside the State is provided for under Sections 26 and 27 of the civil Registration Act 2004.

Section 26 applies if the child is the child of an Irish citizen domiciled abroad, and section 27 applies where the child is born on a Irish aircraft or an Irish ship, a foreign vessel travelling to and from a port in the State. Section 27 also applies in the circumstances where the child is a child born abroad to a member of the Permanent Defence Force , or of a member of An Garda Síochána, while they are serving outside the State.

The circumstances surrounding the birth mentioned by the Deputy do not appear to fall into either section, and therefore it would not be possible to register the birth in the Register of Births.

However, should the Deputy has additional information suggesting that the person may meet the criteria outlined above, my officials would be happy to assist in any registration of the birth.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.