Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the rights of a US citizen to an Irish passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The individual in question may qualify for Irish citizenship by descent through Foreign Births Registration or through naturalisation. Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, 1956 to 2004, the basic requirement for obtaining citizenship by descent, through Foreign Births Registration (FBR), is that an applicant's parent was an Irish citizen at the time of the applicant's birth. A person born outside Ireland with a parent who was born in Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen by descent. A person born outside Ireland with parents who were born outside Ireland and a grandparent who was born in Ireland may become an Irish citizen by FBR. An individual resident in Ireland seeking to apply for citizenship through Foreign Births Registration should contact the Consular Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs at Hainault House, 69/71 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, telephone number 4082555. Further information and application forms relating to the Foreign Births Registration process are available on the Department of Foreign Affairs website, www.dfa.ie. An individual seeking to apply for citizenship through naturalisation should contact the Department of Justice and Law Reform.

Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review the passport application of a person (details supplied) who applied via passport express; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26440/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The application in question was received in the Passport Office on 26 May, 2010. The applicant informed the Passport Office of her impending travel and arrangements were made for the passport to be collected on Friday 18 June at the Passport Office in Molesworth Street.