Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding whether the baby of an Irish person and their fiancé in Thailand, is entitled to an Irish passport; the position in this context regarding the mother of the child, who wishes to come here, to be with her Irish fiancé on a long term basis; the emigration procedures provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17081/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Irish passports are only issued to Irish citizens. In the case of the baby referred to in the Deputy's question, if (as seems to be implied) his/her father was born in Ireland, then the baby is automatically an Irish citizen. In order to obtain a passport for the baby, a passport application form can be obtained from the office of our Honorary Consuls in either Bangkok or Phuket, at the following addresses:

Honorary Consulate of Ireland

28th Floor, Q. House Lumpini Building

1 South Sathorn Road

Thugmahamek, Sathorn

Bangkok 10120, Thailand

Telephone: +662 677 7500

Honorary Consulate of Ireland

Tamarind Valley

79/6 Moo 4

Soi Sermsook

Viset Road,

Rawai, Muang,

Phuket 83130, Thailand

Telephone: +66 76 281 273

Further information is also available at www.passport.ie

If the fiancée in question is a Thai passport holder (as also seems to be implied), she will require a visa to enter Ireland. A visa application form can be obtained from the above addresses and should, on completion, be lodged there together with supporting documentation. Useful guidelines and details of the documentation required for specific visa types are available on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) website at www.inis.gov.ie