Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the foreign birth registration of a person (details supplied) will be processed. [38740/23]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application for a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39066/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 60 together.

Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications are currently being processed within the normal turnaround time of 9 months from receipt of supporting documents. Applications that 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 Deputies have enquired, the applicants have been requested to verify their address. Once this has been done, FBR Certificates will issue to the applicants.