Brendan Griffin
Question:666. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31321/21]
View answerTuesday, 15 June 2021
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All passport applications are subject to the provisions of the Passports Act 2008. The Act provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to him/her. In order to meet this requirement, each person must demonstrate an entitlement to Irish citizenship by providing acceptable documentary evidence of this entitlement.
Entitlement to Irish citizenship is determined by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, under which Irish citizenship may be obtained by birth, by descent, or by naturalisation.
First-time applications require additional security measures including robust identity verification and entitlement checking and, as a result, take longer to process.
With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Office will be in direct contact with the applicant regarding this application.