Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 154: To ask the Taoiseach the number of children born in the State, both of whose parents are non-EU nationals, and who are in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/04]

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 155: To ask the Taoiseach the number of families with children born in the State whose parents are both non-EU nationals, and are in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28505/04]

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Taoiseach the number of children born in the State before the date of a Supreme Court decision (details supplied) whose parents and both non-EU nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28508/04]

Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the number of children born in the State after the date of a Supreme Court decision (details supplied) and before the referendum of 11 June 2004, whose parents are both non-EU nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28509/04]

Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 to 157, inclusive, together.

The total number of families consisting of a husband and wife, or couple, with at least one child aged 0-18 years was 412,321 at the time of the 2002 census. Of these, 4,905,1.2%, consisted of families where both parents were non-EU nationals and at least one child was born in the State. The number of Irish born children, aged 0-18 years, in these families was 6,229. The definition of the EU was that in force at the time of the census, that is, 15 EU member countries.

The census is currently the only comprehensive source of information of the type requested by the Deputy. Information on the nationality of parents was not systematically collected as part of the vital statistics system prior to September 2003. Since then, as part of the modernisation of the civil registration system, an electronic form is being introduced. This form provides inter alia for the recording of the nationality of both parents. However, the level of response to the nationality question for both parents is not yet at the required level to facilitate publication of analyses using that variable.