Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply. He clarified and outlined the circumstances of the legislative process for a mother or father in recognising citizenship. In the case in question, Sofia was born in Spain. Kashka is Polish and Sinéad, who lives in Bangor Road, Crumlin, is Irish. That information is the media so my mentioning it is not a problem. Their daughter is stateless. They are in Poland now and need to bring their daughter home. The have the birth certificate. Their two names are on it. They have gone through the process of applying for citizenship in Spain but that is going nowhere fast. They need some sort of temporary travel documents to get themselves and Sofia home as soon as possible so they can start the application process here. It is to go through next May. The child is stateless and has no photographic identity and Sinéad and Kashka are very concerned about her. I realise that the Minister cannot talk about specifics. Could he at least give an indication? I wrote to both the Minister and the Minister for Health about this issue on 30 October.

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