Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28722/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications are currently being processed within the normal turnaround time of between 6 and 9 months from receipt of supporting documents. Applications which require further supporting documents will take longer to process.

Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving official documentation relating to three generations and issued by several jurisdictions. Such documents take considerable time to validate.

With regard to the specific FBR applications about which the Deputy has enquired, these applications have been initially processed, but further supporting documents are required to progress them. The Passport Service has made a number of requests to the applicants’ parent, and to date not all of the required documents have been submitted. A member of the FBR team has made further contact with the applicants’ parent to explain and outline the outstanding documents that are still required to finalise the applications. The applications cannot proceed until the required supporting documents are submitted.