Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process a person (details supplied) has to go through to obtain an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16381/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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An Irish Passport is issued in accordance with the Passport Act 2008 and the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004. If the applicant has an Irish mother or father who was born in Ireland, then they can claim citizenship through that parent. Applicants will be required to provide a copy of the long form of the birth certificate and a copy of the Irish passport of the parent.

Where the applicant does not have Irish parents but has an Irish-born grandparent, they may apply to have their birth entered into the Foreign Births Registration system and be issued with an FBR Certificate. Once this certificate is received they can then apply for an Irish Passport. Details on the FBR application process can be found on the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/.

Non-nationals living in the State for an extended period can make an application to acquire citizenship via naturalisation. Decisions on applications are made by the Minister for Justice and Equality and further details on the process are on the Department of Justice and Equality website at www.inis.ie.