Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when an application (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48417/23]

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 8 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 application about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for the application were requested from the applicant on 1 November 2023. The application cannot proceed until the required supporting documents are submitted.