Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45044/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service has paused the processing of Foreign Births Registration 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. Prior to the introduction of the current restrictions, FBR applications were taking 12 to 18 months to process.

With regard to the specific FBR application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has advised that this application was checked and deemed to be incomplete. Arising from this, the Passport Service contacted the applicant directly on 2 December 2020 to outline what is required in order for the application to be finalised.