Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the processing of foreign births registration is currently suspended; when it is likely that the processing of applications will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38900/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service has paused the processing of Foreign Births Registration (FBR) applications as Ireland is at Level 5 of the National Framework for Living with COVID-19.

Applications that have been sent to the FBR team are being held securely and will be processed when normal services resume at Level 3. Foreign Births Registration, by its nature, can be a detailed and complex process, often involving official documentation related to three generations and issued by several jurisdictions. The expected processing time for FBR applications is between 12 and 18 months.