Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)

Does the Minister believe it is acceptable that Irish passports and citizenship can be granted by his Government without proper documentation? That is the question here. That is what it is really about. All the Minister has done in his answer is to confirm that people can enter this country without identification, claim asylum and sign a sworn affidavit saying who they are without proving who they are and without us being able to check. We are not even counting these people. I put four questions to both the Minister's Department and the Department of foreign affairs and the responses confirm all of this. We have to keep proper State records. This is about national security. It is about identifying who is coming into our country before we grant them citizenship or an Irish passport. The Minister knows as well as I do how you are put through the wringer when you have to apply for a passport for your child, which is only right. All of us in the House have experience of trying to get passports for people who are rushing to get them.

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