Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to look favourably on a foreign birth registry application in order that a person (details supplied) can fly home to Ireland with their baby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37999/23]

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 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.

The FBR service operates a transparent general policy of processing applications in order of receipt except in cases of exceptional urgency, such as expectant parents, or stateless persons. With regard to the specific FBR application about which the Deputy has enquired, the applicant does not meet these criteria.