Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 317 of 17 November 2009 and 145 of 20 May 2010, if a determination has been made regarding the entitlement of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18402/11]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The position in regard to passport entitlement in this case was outlined by my predecessor in his reply to your question 317 of 17 November, 2009, namely that the evidence of residence in Ireland in respect of the person in question, which was submitted in support of her daughter's passport application, was insufficient to demonstrate her child's entitlement to Irish citizenship under section 6B(2) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 2004 (the 2004 Act). I can confirm that in the interim no correspondence or evidence has been submitted to the Passport Service by the person in question to demonstrate her daughter's entitlement to Irish citizenship under section 6B(2) of the 2004. However, as stated in the reply of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to your question 145 of 20 May, 2010, it remains open to this person to make an application for a certificate of naturalisation on behalf of her daughter under section 15 of the 1956 Act, when the child has 5 years reckonable residency in the State.

In the meantime as entitlement to Irish citizenship for this person's daughter has not been demonstrated to date, the Passport Service is unable to issue a passport to her under the Passports Act, 2008.