Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37508/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The applicant in question arrived in the State on 2 January 2005 and applied for asylum on 6 January 2005. The child in question was born on 2 January 2005. The applicant submitted an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of being the parent of an Irish born child born prior to 1 January 2005, under the revised arrangements announced by me on 15 January 2005. Following the citizenship referendum of 2004 and the subsequent Immigration and Citizenship Amendment Act 2004 which came into effect on 1 January 2005, a child born in Ireland after 1 January 2005 is no longer automatically entitled to Irish citizenship by virtue of being born in Ireland. The applicant parent does not qualify to be considered for residency under the revised arrangements because the child in question was born after 1 January 2005.