Vol. 398 No. 10
72 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a British citizen who is resident in Ireland for a long period and married to an Irish citizen can, on taking Irish citizenship, have the Irish version of his name inserted on his new Irish passport.
Passports are normally issued in the name on the applicant's birth certificate. Where the applicant wishes to use a name other than that on her/his birth certificate, and this differs significantly from the latter, evidence will be required showing that the name in question has been used by the applicant over a reasonable period of time.
Passports are issued showing the Irish form of the applicant's name provided that the Irish version used is a recognised, meaningful and standardised versions of the name or that the non-Irish version can be translated into the Irish language in a manner consistent with Irish language criteria.
