Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2024
444. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection what plans there are to enable those who hold a gender recognition certificate to update their name on their child's birth certificate, in order that presenting their child's birth certificate does not disclose the parent's transgender status. [24850/24]
View answerThe Gender Recognition Act 2015 was enacted on 22 July 2015 and commenced on 4 September 2015.
The purpose of the Act is to allow a person to apply for a gender recognition certificate.
Legal recognition of a person’s new gender is not retrospective. A person’s preferred gender will start to be legally recognised only from the date of issue, and not before that date.
Consequently, a person who has received a gender recognition certificate since the registration of the birth of their child will not be able to amend their details on their child’s birth record to reflect their new identity.
