Seanad debates

Friday, 3 December 2004

Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2004: Committee Stage.

 

12:00 pm

Derek McDowell (Labour)

The reason I ask is that in paragraph (d)(ii) it simply refers to "a British citizen". The Minister has said what I would have understood to be the case, namely, that we are simply conferring this right on the children of British citizens who are entitled to reside in the United Kingdom. Is the phrase "a British citizen" equivalent to what the Minister has just described? Does it refer to somebody who is necessarily entitled to reside there? To put it the other way around, is it possible to be a British citizen and not have the right to——

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