Enacted Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means 26/2024 Official bill number / year
Civil Registration (Electronic Registration) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Minister for Social Protection
- Introduced
- 18 Apr 2024
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Enables parents to register births and deaths online via MyWelfare, retaining in-person services; establishes Record of Stillbirths accessible to public.
- Reduces stillbirth gestational age threshold from 24 to 23 weeks and weight from 500g to 400g; shortens death registration deadline from 3 months to 28 days.
- Allows interim death certificates during coroner investigations; requires all deaths notified within 5 working days; enables coroners to refer cases back without inquiry.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil18 Apr 2024
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil18 Apr 2024
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil25 Apr 2024
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil19 Jun 2024
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil19 Jun 2024
- Second Stage 26th Seanad3 Jul 2024
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad10 Jul 2024
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad10 Jul 2024
- Report Stage 26th Seanad10 Jul 2024
- Enacted17 Jul 2024
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