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They have been waiting for this legislation for nine years Senator Sharon Keogan quizzed Minister of State Neale Richmond yesterday as to why a 2014 legislative provision requiring single mothers to name the father of their child when registering their birth has still not been enacted into law. Senator Keogan told the Minister that Section 6 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 has remained in legal limbo for 3,240 days, having been passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas on 27 November 2014. The section introduces new provisions relating to the registration of the father where the parents are not married to one another. The section sets out that the mother, if she attends the registry office alone, is required to name the father of the child, with limited exceptions applying. Registration of the father will then be dependent on the man acknowledging paternity of the child. Speaking in the Seanad, the Independent Senator stated that: “These are practical and common-sense provi-
sions that were debated and voted in favour of almost nine years ago. They will also allow people in the future to be able to trace their lineage back, more importantly, to get in contact with estranged family if they wish to do so and engender greater certainty in the birth registration system.” In reply, Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection Deputy Neale Richmond said that “Prior to commencement, a technical error was discovered in the legislation.” “This technical error is required to be corrected and this will be achieved in the forthcoming Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill, which the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, looks forward to bringing to the Oireachtas shortly.”
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Senator Sharon Keogan welcomed the news, and impressed upon the Minister the importance of the swift commencement of the section, stating: “It is important for the fathers out there. This is important legislation to ensure their names go on birth certificates. They have been waiting for this legislation for nine years. The urgency is there for these fathers, not having that name on the birth certificate does not give them the rights that they deserve.”