Written answers

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Passport Services

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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304. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58812/22]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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All passport applications are subject to the provisions of the Passports Act 2008, as amended. The Act provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to that person. In order to meet this requirement, each passport applicant must demonstrate an entitlement to Irish citizenship by providing acceptable documentary evidence of this entitlement when making a first time passport application.

The citizenship of a person born on the island of Ireland on or after 1 January 2005 is determined by the citizenship or residency status of their parents at the time of the person’s birth. If both parents are non-Irish citizens at the time of the child's birth and if neither of the parents are a British citizen, the citizenship of a child born in Ireland on or after 1 January 2005 is determined by the residency status of their parents at the time of the child’s birth. A child born on or after 1 January 2005 may claim citizenship by birth where a parent has been lawfully resident in the State for three years of the four years preceding his/her birth (a total of 1,095 days).

Where citizenship cannot be established on the basis of one of the parents' residency status, citizenship may be established through naturalisation if the child has accumulated 5 years' reckonable residence. Further details on naturalisation can be found here www.irishimmigration.ie/how-to-become-a-citizen/become-an-irish-citizen-by-naturalisation/

Once a naturalisation certificate has been obtained, a passport application can then be made.

Information on what is required for all first time passport applications, including details on documentary requirements, guardianship and consent, are available on my Department’s website (www.dfa.ie/passports/documentary-requirements/).

With regard to the specific circumstances to which the Deputy has referred, the Passport Service has contacted the parent directly to advise on what is required in order to apply for a passport.

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