Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45642/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As you are aware, the Passports Act, 2008 provides that the Minister can only issue passports to persons who are Irish citizens. This provision in Irish law means that no passport can be issued to the person in question unless he obtains Irish citizenship. From the information provided by you, it is clear that no application for citizenship has been made by this man with the Department of Justice and Law Reform and that any entitlement to Irish citizenship is not likely to arise until 2012. As regards consular support for this person, who is a citizen and passport holder of another country, the position outlined in my reply to your earlier question (no. 222) on 23 November, 2010 remains unchanged