Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a replacement foreign birth registration certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15595/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department is responsible for citizenship by descent through the Foreign Births Register under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.

The processing of Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) has resumed and will be gradually scaling up in line with the recruitment of additional resources. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, and the subsequent reassignment of FBR staff to assist in the provision of essential passport services, the FBR Service, including the Replacement Certificate Service, was paused for nearly 15 months across the 2020-2021 period.

The Replacement Certificate application referenced is due to be processed in the near future, and a member of the FBR team will be in direct contact with the applicant in this regard.

My Department is fully committed to the continued allocation of additional resources over the coming period to assist with the processing of the Foreign Birth Registration applications currently on hand and the high volume of new applications anticipated this year.