Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2006
890 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) will receive a certificate of naturalisation and consequently an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28492/06]
View answer891 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in relation to the Irish citizenship application in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29131/06]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 890 and 891 together.
Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, 1956 to 2004, a person born outside Ireland with a parent who was born in Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen by descent. A person who was born outside Ireland with parents who were also born outside Ireland but with a grandparent who was born in Ireland may become an Irish citizen by Foreign Births Registration. Each applicant for Foreign Births Registration is required to produce sufficient documentation including birth, death and marriage certificates and other relevant records for himself and the parent and grandparent through whom citizenship is claimed to confirm the applicant's entitlement to Irish citizenship. The person to whom the Deputies have referred submitted an application for Irish citizenship by Foreign Births Registration to the Embassy of Ireland in New Delhi in 2000. The Embassy has, on several occasions, requested him to submit the official death certificate of his grandfather. The Embassy has not yet received the death certificate. When that document is submitted, the processing of the application can resume.
