Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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1328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide details of the criteria used to divulge birth certificates to the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44636/25]

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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1329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on concerns a person (details supplied) has in relation to the civil registration act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44637/25]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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1333. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are grounds under current law to restrict the usual practice of public access to birth certificates in cases where to do so would place a victim of domestic violence and their children at risk of discovery; if not, if he will consider examining this matter in conjunction with the Minister for Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44737/25]

Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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1353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 15 July 2025, if Department officials will engage with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45253/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1328, 1329, 1333 and 1353 together.

The registers containing information on the birth details of all children born in the State are maintained by the General Register Office (GRO), which operates under the aegis of my Department. Birth Certificates containing the records of any person in the register of births are obtainable under Section 61 of the Civil Registration Act 2004.

This section allows officers of the GRO and the HSE to provide upon payment of a specified fee a copy of the record or a certified copy of the record upon a written request from any member of the public.

Access of this type to the register of births has been available to the general public since the Registration of Births and Deaths Ireland Act 1863.

I can assure the Deputy that officials from the GRO have been in contact with the person concerned. The issues raised are the subject of a legal advice to establish any possible solution within the parameters of the current legislative guidelines governing civil registration obligations.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputies.