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Civil Registration (Amendment) (Certificate of Life) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Regina Doherty · Fine Gael
- Introduced
- 13 Oct 2022
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow Minister for Health to create a non-statutory Certificate of Life register for babies not meeting stillbirth criteria.
- Certificate of Life available for unborn children below 500 grammes weight or less than 24 weeks gestation, with no gestational or weight restrictions.
- Provides families with official recognition of loss and potential traceability record for future generations outside statutory stillbirth registration.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad13 Oct 2022
- Second Stage26th Seanad13 Oct 2022
Debates
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