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Topics / Registration of Births

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Registration of Births

4 questions from 2 TDs, between 7 May 2025 and 9 December 2025.

4
questions
4 written, 0 oral
2
TDs have asked
2
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Independent3 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Sinn Féin1 from 1 TD · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Catherine Connolly
    3
  2. Thomas Gould
    1

Asked of

The questions

Thomas Gould Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Social
567. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps to be taken to register a birth (details supplied) [69790/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
394. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the 78 information sessions carried out by the Adoption Authority under section 17 of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 that relate to 'no contact' preferences, which were transferred from the national contact preference register. [22380/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
395. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the 78 information sessions carried out by the Adoption Authority under section 17 of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 that relate to 'no contact' preferences that were registered on the national contact preference register established under the Act. [22381/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
396. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for a breakdown of registration of the 'no contact' preferences that relate to the 78 information sessions which have been carried out to date by the Adoption Authority, under section 17 of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022, by year. [22382/25]