Terence Flanagan
Question:358 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7779/10]
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Only Irish citizens may be issued with Irish passports. A person who was born abroad, one of whose parents was born in Ireland, is automatically an Irish citizen from birth. However, first–time passport applicants who were born abroad to a parent who, although not born in Ireland, was an Irish citizen at the time of the person's birth, must first apply to the nearest Irish Embassy for Irish citizenship through entry in the Foreign Births Register. The relevant Embassy in this case in the Embassy of Ireland, Canberra, 20 Arkana Street Yarralumla ACT 2600. The Embassy can be contacted by telephone at 00 612 6273 3022, or by e-mail at irishemb@cyberone.com.au. Application forms in connection with Foreign Births registration are available to download from the Embassy's website at www.embassyofireland.au.com. Each applicant for Foreign Births Registration is required to produce sufficient documentation including birth, marriage and death certificates and other relevant records for him/herself and the parent, (and grandparent, if relevant) through whom citizenship is claimed to confirm the applicant's entitlement to Irish citizenship.