AQW 775/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Finance
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.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 30 May 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 30 May 2022
- Answer due by
- 16 June 2022
- Answered
- 8 June 20229 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
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.