I wrote to the Minister in this regard but when I called for a debate here on citizenship two years ago I was accused of being a racist by the then Leader of the Opposition and it took him three months to withdraw that comment. I am not a racist but I am, like everyone else, proud of my nationality. According to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform's letter of 6 October there are no proposals before Government at present to change the Constitution. The issue of the entitlement to Irish citizenship of every person born on the island of Ireland is, however, under very careful and ongoing review by his Department, so there is an acknowledgement of this within the Department.