Compulsory registration of father’s name on child’s birth cert is now law

Compulsory registration of father’s name on child’s birth cert is now law

This legislation has not yet commenced – WATCH THIS SPACE! The Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 will, once the legislation has been commenced, for the first time in Ireland, place a duty on unmarried parents to register the father’s name on the birth certificate of their child. It is a child’s fundamental human right to … Read more