Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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407. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a post-nuptial citizenship certificate application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4268/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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All passport applications are subject to the provisions of the Passports Act 2008. The Act provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to him/her.

In order to meet this requirement, each person must demonstrate an entitlement to Irish citizenship by providing acceptable documentary evidence of this entitlement. Where an Irish passport has issued more than 15 years previously, applicants are required to submit the same supporting documentation as a first time applicant.

With regard to the specific case reference by the Deputy, there is no passport application in progress.

Post nuptial citizenship was repealed with effect from 30 November 2005. The Passport Service will accept a valid post-nuptial certificate as evidence of citizenship if this post nuptial certificate was awarded prior to November 30 2005. However, as the application is based on post nuptial citizenship, the applicant should contact the Department of Justice for a copy of this certificate to support any passport application.