John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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267. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the definition of a stateless person in Irish law. [37760/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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There is no statutory definition of stateless person under Irish law. However, the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 (as amended), refers to a stateless person as "within the meaning of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of the 28th day of September 1954". Article 1 of this Convention defines a stateless person as someone "who is not considered as a national by any State under the operation of its law".