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Ireland - Register a Still Birth

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ProcedureEdit

  • Go to the office of the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths in any district and sign the Stillbirths Register.
  • Bring written evidence of the stillbirth with you.
  • A list of local registrars is also available from the General Register Office.



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Required DocumentsEdit

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e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.



Office Locations & ContactsEdit

General Register Office

Government Offices
Convent Road
Roscommon
Ireland
Tel:+353 90 663 2900
Locall:1890 25 20 76
Fax:+353 90 663 2999
Homepage: http://www.groireland.ie/

Irish Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society

Carmichael House
4 North Brunswick Street
Dublin 7
Ireland
Tel:+353 (0)1 872 6996
Homepage: http://www.isands.ie/
Email: [email protected]



EligibilityEdit

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FeesEdit

  • A medical certificate of weight and gestational age is free of charge.
  • A stillbirth certificate costs 8 euro at the time of registration and 10 euro thereafter.

Payment Mode

  • Cash: Personal applications only please. Only Euro Cash will be accepted.
  • Cheque: Please note that cheques should be made payable to The Registration Office Only Euro cheques drawn on an Irish bank will be accepted.
  • CreditCard: MasterCard and Visa credit cards are accepted. The name of the applicant and the name on the credit card must be the same.



ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever



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InstructionsEdit

  • If you wish to register the stillbirth, you should go and sign the Stillbirths Register at the office of the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths in any district. (Before the relevant provisions of the Civil Registration Act 2004 came into effect on 5 December 2005, a stillbirth could only be registered in the Registrar's District in which it took place.) You must provide written evidence of the stillbirth.
  • The registrar will give you a certificate of stillbirth at the time of signing. If you would like a certificate at a later date, you should contact the General Register Office.

Rules

  • All stillbirths occurring in Ireland since 1 January 1995 must be registered, if the baby weighs at least 500 grammes or has a gestational age of at least 24 weeks.
  • You (the parents) can choose to register the stillbirth yourselves, but if you are unable to do so, you may ask a relative of either parent to act as qualified informant to register it on your behalf. If a stillbirth is not registered within 12 months, the hospital, midwife or medical practitioner who attended the birth may asked to register it.
  • If you do wish to register the stillbirth yourselves, the medical practitioner who attended the birth or examined the baby must give you a signed medical certificate stating the baby's weight and gestational age, and the name and address of the hospital or other institution where the stillbirth took place.
  • If you wish to register a stillbirth that happened before 1 January 1995, you can do so at any time. You will need specific evidence to prove that a stillbirth occurred. This evidence could be an authoritative written statement from your hospital, nursing home, medical practitioner or midwife, but the registrar may accept other forms of evidence.
  • Again, the stillbirth can only be registered if the baby weighed at least 500 grammes or had a gestational age of at least 24 weeks.
  • If your baby was stillborn in hospital, the hospital staff will usually help you to complete a Birth Notification Form (Form BNF/01). In the case of a home birth, the midwife or doctor will do this. The form outlines the information to be recorded in the Register of Stillbirths. This form will be forwarded to a registration office to inform the registrar that the stillbirth has occurred. The registration process will only be complete when the parent(s) or other qualified informant attends the registrar's office in person and signs the Stillbirths Register.
  • The following information is recorded in the Register of Stillbirths:
    • Time, date and place of birth of the child
    • The child's gender
    • The child's weight and gestational age
    • The child's Personal Public Service number (PPSN) (this will be allocated at registration)
    • The child's forename(s) and surname
    • The mother's forename(s) and surname
    • The mother's birth surname
    • Birth surname of the mother's mother
    • All previously used surnames of the mother (if any)
    • The mother's normal occupation
    • The mother's normal address at the date of birth
    • The mother's date of birth
    • The mother's marital status
    • The mother's Personal Public Service number (PPSN)
    • Similar information is entered for the father.



Required InformationEdit

  • Time, date and place of birth of the child
  • The child's gender
  • The child's weight and gestational age
  • The child's Personal Public Service number (PPSN) (this will be allocated at registration)
  • The child's forename(s) and surname
  • The mother's forename(s) and surname
  • The mother's birth surname
  • Birth surname of the mother's mother
  • All previously used surnames of the mother (if any)
  • The mother's normal occupation
  • The mother's normal address at the date of birth
  • The mother's date of birth
  • The mother's marital status
  • The mother's Personal Public Service number (PPSN)



Need for the DocumentEdit

Since 1 January 1995, parents of a stillborn child in Ireland have been able to register their child's birth, even if he/she was born before that date.



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Other uses of the Document/CertificateEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.



External LinksEdit

Public service Information Registering birth of your baby http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/birth_family_relationships/miscarriage_and_stillbirth/registering_stillbirth.html

Civil Registration Act 2004 http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2004/a304.pdf



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