New bill will allow same-sex couples to use ‘parent’ on birth certificates

Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty will today confirm Government approval for the preparation of a bill which will affirm the parental rights of same-sex couples on the birth certificates of children born through donor-assisted births.

The Civil Registration Bill 2019 will, according to the Department of Social Protection “resolve a number of difficulties in the registration of donor-assisted births and will be brought forward as a priority”.