AQW 775/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 30/05/2022
Answered On Date: 08/06/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 201/22-27, whether there are any plans to provide a service or guidance for the translation of existing birth certificates into Irish.

Answer:

The Marriage, Civil Partnership and Civil Registration (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 enable certificates for life events registered after the introduction of the legislation to be issued with headings in Irish and bi-lingual English and Irish. The legislation relates to new registrations only and does not apply retrospectively to life events already registered. I have asked officials to consider how existing birth certificates could be reissued into Irish.