Written answers
Tuesday, 24 May 2016
Department of Justice and Equality
Citizenship Status
Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to update the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to allow for members of the Irish diaspora to apply for citizenship as in the case of a person with an Irish father who did not register the birth with the foreign births office, and, therefore, the child cannot apply for Irish citizenship as the birth registration has skipped a generation; her plans to allow for members of the Irish diaspora to register their birth through their great-grandparents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11350/16]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I have no plans at present to amend the Citizenship laws in this regard. However I would ask the Deputy to send the details of this case to my office for further examination.
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