Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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670. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person (details supplied) can obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26838/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, and as set out in the Passports Act 2008, it is only possible to issue Irish passports to Irish citizens. Entitlement to citizenship is in turn subject to the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended. Accordingly, the Passport Service is obliged to seek documentary evidence of Irish citizenship by birth, parentage/descent, or naturalisation before a passport application can be processed. It is not possible to recognise a person as an Irish citizen in the absence of such evidence. As the person you have referred to is a first time applicant, the Passport Service has advised that in order for him to obtain an Irish passport he must first obtain the birth certificate of one of his Irish-born parents in order for him to prove that he is an Irish citizen. A replacement birth certificate may be obtained by writing, with the details of the Irish born parents, to the General Register Office, Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, F42 VX53. Alternatively, these may be obtained on line at : www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/General-Register-Office.aspx.

In addition to his own birth certificate and that of his Irish born parent, the Passport Service requires further documents to fully establish his identity. This information is listed on the Passport Service website at www.dfa.ie/passport.