Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2004
156 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that have been taken or will be taken to allow a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to apply for a passport for her child in order that she can travel on holidays with her child and the child’s father if she so wishes. [32971/04]
View answer157 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that, under current passport regulations, a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 cannot apply for a passport for her child unless she receives the consent of a person (details supplied) whom the General Register Office believes committed a fraud when declaring himself the child’s father; and if anything can be done to rectify this problem. [32972/04]
View answer158 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport has been issued in the name of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [32973/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 156 to 158, inclusive, together.
My Department has no record of issuing a passport to the child in question. The consent of both parents or guardians is required for the issue of a passport to a person under 18 years of age. Where one parent or guardian is unable or unwilling to give consent, a court order is required to dispense with that parent or guardian's consent. These requirements are set out in section 7 of the notes which accompany the passport application form. They are also outlined on the passport office website, www.passport.ie.
The person who has made representations to the Deputy may get in touch with the passport office, which will be happy to advise further on passport procedures. Such inquiries may be addressed to the passport officer, Passport Office, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2; telephone, 673 3046.
Questions relating to registration of births should be addressed to my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, who has responsibility for the General Register Office.
