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Birth Certificates

An official questions-paper heading. 15 questions (0 oral, 15 written), first 2025-05-13, latest 2026-07-28.

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Health 2

The questions

Seán Kyne written 2026-07-28 · to Foreign
45. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding an application for a foreign birth certificate (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55409/26]
Ryan O'Meara written 2026-07-02 · to Social
345. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible for a mother to change the name on her child’s birth certificate from her married name to her maiden name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50341/26]
Mairéad Farrell written 2026-05-06 · to Foreign
25. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign births register application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32338/26]
Thomas Gould written 2026-04-29 · to Health
267. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed changes to legislation to allow both same sex parents to appear on birth certificates; whether this will allow children living in EU states to access Irish citizenship where one parent is an Irish citizen, but they are not currently recognised as the parent in Ireland; and when this will come into place. [31058/26…
Mark Wall written 2026-04-29 · to Health
302. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the progress her Department is making to legally recognise both parents of children of same-sex couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31457/26]
Ruth Coppinger written 2025-11-04 · to Social
1220. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasoning behind limiting the options on a birth certificate to ‘male, female and undetermined’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59359/25]
Ruth Coppinger written 2025-11-04 · to Social
1221. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection the criteria used to allow ‘undetermined’ to be used as an option on a birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59360/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn written 2025-10-21 · to Foreign
192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a birth and baptismal certificate for a person born in Ireland in March 1923 is acceptable evidence for their grandchild, when applying for Irish citizenship and an Irish passport. [57033/25]
Ruth Coppinger written 2025-10-21 · to Social
542. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible to register a birth with a different gender other than male and female on a birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57389/25]
Ruth Coppinger written 2025-09-08 · to Social
1328. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for 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 written 2025-09-08 · to Social
1329. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for 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 written 2025-09-08 · to Social
1333. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for 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 ma…
Emer Currie written 2025-09-08 · to Social
1353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for 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]
Ruth Coppinger written 2025-07-15 · to Social
611. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the legislation around the release of birth certificate information to any member of the general public, and the potential abuse of this information that could occur, such as the divulging of personal details to abusive third parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38746/25]
Michael Cahill written 2025-05-13 · to Social
784. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently intervene and correct a genuine mistake in a birth certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/25]
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