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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-15/9/
15 Nov 2018 -
Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: First Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-03-26/14/
26 Mar 2021 -
Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018: Committee Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-03-26/14/
26 Mar 2021 -
I thank her for being here for Committee Stage of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation...of Minors Born in Ireland) Bill 2018.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Senator Billy Lawless -----for minors born in Ireland and that minors born in Ireland, rather than...the non-national parents of minors born in Ireland, could themselves independently apply for citizenship
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-15/9/
15 Nov 2018 -
Senator Kevin Humphreys I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend...the law in relation to applications for a certificate of naturalisation by minors born in the island...of Ireland; and to provide for related matters.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
parent or guardian of the Irish born minor can apply....How would a minor born in Ireland who meets the amended criteria actually make this application?...wanted to deprive persons born on this island to non-EU national parents of an entitlement to be Irish...to Irish citizenship or nationality, unless provided for by law."...I firmly agree with the objective of the Bill to enable minors born in Ireland to apply for citizenship
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-03-26/14/
26 Mar 2021 -
not themselves Irish citizens with an easier or more accessible route to citizenship through naturalisation...entitled to Irish citizenship or nationality, unless provided for by law....rights for children born in Ireland to non-national parents....in the island of Ireland ... to be part of the Irish nation."...At present, a child born in Ireland who is seeking citizenship through naturalisation must have five
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
The principal Act we are seeking to amend, as section 1 sets out, is the Irish Nationality and Citizenship...is not entitled to Irish citizenship or nationality, unless provided for by law....on birth which is the lus soli citizenship - and its passage, passed the Irish Nationality and Citizenship...citizenship, whether or not they are born or are indeed resident in Ireland....Our Bill would lift that requirement, but just in the case of an Irish-born child.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
The principal Act we are seeking to amend, as section 1 sets out, is the Irish Nationality and Citizenship...is not entitled to Irish citizenship or nationality, unless provided for by law....on birth which is the jus soli citizenship - and its passage, passed the Irish Nationality and Citizenship...citizenship, whether or not they are born or are indeed resident in Ireland....Our Bill would lift that requirement, but just in the case of an Irish-born child.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Ireland has fewer obstacles to naturalisation in the law for those potentially qualifying than most European...of whom were born to European Economic Area, EEA, nationals, while 24,000 were born to non-EEA nationals...The purpose of the Bill is to introduce new rules to provide for citizenship by naturalisation of any...It also removes the requirement for an Irish-born child to be granted permission to reside in the State...Senator Bacik referred to the Bill as dealing with a specific cohort of minors in the State but the Bill
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
I greatly welcome Senator Bacik's Bill which does not seek to overturn the will of the Irish people but...instead reflects a less onerous regime for those categories of minors born on the island of Ireland...Section 15( c ) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, which was amended in 1986, long before...must be resident in Ireland for one year immediately before the date of the application....If I understand Senator Bacik's Bill correctly her proposal is that the combined residency requirement
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
on the island of Ireland to be part of the Irish nation....nationality and citizenship of persons born in Ireland....The referendum was implemented through the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004....The Bill represents a sensible and compassionate approach to regularising the position of Irish-born...in Ireland should be entitled to citizenship.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-05-10/85/
10 May 2006 -
in the State after 1 January 2005, whose parents were not Irish citizens, could obtain Irish citizenship...Section 16 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides for the exercise...Hundreds of minor children are naturalised in this way each year....It is open to the parents of a child born in the island of Ireland on or after 1 January 2005, who did...entitled to Irish citizenship, to apply for naturalisation for their Irish born child at any time after
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Deputy David Stanton The Bill, if enacted, would also change the rules significantly for Irish citizenship...entitlement in Northern Ireland....for Irish citizenship, or one parent must have been lawfully resident on the island of Ireland for three...to Northern Ireland to have a child and then remain there for three years to gain Irish citizenship...Republic of Ireland.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
in 2018 and has brought it forward again today....The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004 stands out as one of modern Ireland's great hypocrisies...Irish citizenship as long as one can prove that link through one grandparent....If one actually lives in Ireland and was born in Ireland, it does not matter whether one speaks the language...national family.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
in 2018 and has brought it forward again today....The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004 stands out as one of modern Ireland's great hypocrisies...Irish citizenship as long as one can prove that link through one grandparent....If one actually lives in Ireland and was born in Ireland, it does not matter whether one speaks the language...national family.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-11-18/232/
18 Nov 2008 -
an Irish-born parent....Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts, a person born in the island of Ireland who has renounced...of Ireland....Where, as in this case, a person is born outside of the island of Ireland, citizenship may be regained...on the island of Ireland and suggested that he explore the option of naturalisation.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-03-26/14/
26 Mar 2021 -
Nationality and Citizenship Act as part of the courts and civil law (miscellaneous provisions) Bill,...in Ireland through naturalisation....State to become eligible for citizenship by naturalisation....of the years of residence required for foreign national children born here to gain citizenship by naturalisation...It is also important to stress that in some cases the acquisition of Irish citizenship may not be in
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1952-04-08/12/
8 Apr 1952 -
naturalisation abroad do....I am advised that under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1935, an Irish citizen born on or...after 6th December, 1922, who loses his citizenship by naturalisation abroad can reacquire it only by...naturalisation, but that an Irish citizen who was born before 6th December, 1922, in Ireland or of parents...of whom at least one was born in Ireland can reacquire Irish citizenship by taking up permanent residence
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
Once it had been passed, children born in Ireland lost the constitutional right to citizenship upon birth...The amendment instead gives the Oireachtas power to legislate for routes to citizenship and naturalisation...The Bill has been fast-tracked. It is 2020 and the time is now....than the Irish themselves....I again commend Senator Bacik on bringing forward the Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
Once it had been passed, children born in Ireland lost the constitutional right to citizenship upon birth...The amendment instead gives the Oireachtas power to legislate for routes to citizenship and naturalisation...The Bill has been fast-tracked. It is 2020 and the time is now....than the Irish themselves....I again commend Senator Bacik on bringing forward the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-09-28/638/
28 Sep 2005 -
The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2004, which commenced on 1 January this year, provides that..., to seek to come to Ireland to acquire Irish and EU citizenship for their children....The conditions for naturalisation, which provides for the acquisition of Irish citizenship by those non-nationals...in the State, who was not entitled to Irish citizenship, will be able to apply for naturalisation on...In addition, section 16 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, contains a provision
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1956-02-29/45/
29 Feb 1956 -
Section 6—the section dealing with the citizenship of living persons born in Ireland or of an Irish father...on that date in Ireland who had been born in Ireland or whose father or mother had been born in Ireland...will have Irish nationality and citizenship when this Bill is enacted into law....Section 7 also provides for citizenship by registration in the case of persons born outside Ireland of...parents who are Irish citizens born outside Ireland.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
In October 2018, a scheme was introduced to regularise non-EEA nationals who came into the State lawfully...They have become citizens of Ireland through naturalisation....Ireland would be the only state that granted citizenship to any child born on the island of Ireland,...The Bill if enacted, as proposed, would change the rules significantly for Irish citizenship entitlement...for Irish citizenship, or one parent must have been lawfully resident on the island of Ireland for three
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
In October 2018, a scheme was introduced to regularise non-EEA nationals who came into the State lawfully...They have become citizens of Ireland through naturalisation....Ireland would be the only state that granted citizenship to any child born on the island of Ireland,...The Bill if enacted, as proposed, would change the rules significantly for Irish citizenship entitlement...for Irish citizenship, or one parent must have been lawfully resident on the island of Ireland for three
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
families come to live in Ireland....It is about protecting Irish children, that is children who are born of this nation....While the Bill is succinct, the complexities of the citizenship issue are not so succinct....These children who are born here are as Irish as us and we are as Irish as they are....and wanted to avail of Irish citizenship.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1994-06-30/24/
30 Jun 1994 -
O'Dea) The law concerning the acquisition of Irish citizenship is set out in the Irish Nationality and...Persons of Irish descent born abroad may become Irish citizens by registration in circumstances set out...These Acts allow a person born outside Ireland to register as an Irish citizen in certain circumstances...in Ireland — can be registered only if the parent through whom he or she is claiming Irish descent was...is the most common method for a non-national residing in Ireland to obtain citizenship.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-10-13/231/
13 Oct 2009 -
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Micheál Martin) Under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts..., 1956 to 2004, the basic requirement for Irish citizenship by descent is that an applicant's parent...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....Naturalisation is now the only means whereby a non-national spouse of an Irish citizen can apply to become
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-05-24/207/
24 May 2011 -
Similarly, any person born on the island of Ireland prior to 1st January 2005 has an entitlement to Irish...Post 1st January 2005, the entitlement to Irish citizenship of persons born on the island of Ireland...to non-national parents is governed by sections 6A and 6B of the Irish Nationality & Citizenship Act,...The Act states that a person born in the island of Ireland shall not be entitled to be an Irish citizen...Irish citizenship may also be pursued through naturalisation, the granting of which is a privilege and
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
She is English and she spoke about attending a citizenship ceremony when she achieved Irish citizenship...in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, who does not have, at the time of the...is not entitled to Irish citizenship or nationality, unless provided for by law."...in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish nation."...How can somebody be part of the Irish nation while, at the same time, be denied citizenship?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2000-04-13/5/
13 Apr 2000 -
Instead, the Bill starts out from the premise that every person born in the island of Ireland is entitled...in the island of Ireland to be "part of the Irish nation"....the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as inserted by section 3 of the Irish Nationality and...of citizenship and replace them with a special system of naturalisation for the non-national spouses...As far as any person born in the North of Ireland is concerned, the Bill enables him or her to exercise
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Senator Alice-Mary Higgins I will move to the Bill shortly....Many migrants, whether documented, undocumented, legal, or illegal, including fellow Irish migrants,...knew that their children would at least be guaranteed a basic level of security and entitled to citizenship...in the country that they were born....Ireland won its status as a republic.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-11-24/22/
24 Nov 2004 -
—The Minister shall make regulations for a special naturalisation procedure for children born on the...island of Ireland who are deprived of their jus soli citizenship rights by virtue of sections 3 and 4...of children born in Ireland to minimise the chances of the creation of an under-class of Irish children...The commission pointed out that children born in Britain, for instance, are legally entitled to citizenship...case when this Bill is passed.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-01-27/67/
27 Jan 2011 -
parent who was born in Ireland is automatically an Irish citizen by descent....If a person wishes to apply for Irish citizenship through a great grandparent born in Ireland, the position...If persons are not entitled to Irish citizenship in these circumstances, they can apply for Irish citizenship...through naturalisation....Such applications are considered under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
Ireland is a country of immigrants...., are entitled to US citizenship and can become US President....One of the basic provisions of this Bill is that all children born here are equal and have the right...have citizenship....They are Irish children.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
Ireland is a country of immigrants...., are entitled to US citizenship and can become US President....One of the basic provisions of this Bill is that all children born here are equal and have the right...have citizenship....They are Irish children.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Ireland, the UK, the EU and national immigration laws and services....to the child of non-Irish parents and changes that to a situation where the child is automatically granted...citizenship after a stated period....If the Bill is enacted, Ireland would be out of step with the entirety of the EU....This would create a major attraction for non-EEA nationals in other EU member states, particularly those
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2004-12-03/3/
3 Dec 2004 -
, or who was born in Ireland during the first period, or who was born in Ireland at any point up to the...Every child born to a non-national in Ireland, whether an asylum seeker, student or whatever, will either...have citizenship by descent of their parents' country or be entitled to be an Irish citizen....If the parents remain in Ireland lawfully for a sufficient length of time to become naturalised Irish...out of their own naturalisation for their minor children to be citizens of Ireland.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2004-12-01/6/
1 Dec 2004 -
citizen, other than a naturalised one, can seek a certificate of Irish nationality....Bill would be to limit the power to naturalise some classes of children....This change permits the possibility of naturalising a child born to non-national parents after the coming...into effect of the new rules for entitlement to Irish citizenship in the Bill but whose parents did...Everyone born in Ireland will be a citizen of some state.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
who are born here to undocumented parents, children who came to Ireland to join undocumented parents...Ireland is an outlier among its European peers in that regard....It is time that Ireland caught up....There were claims that there was a spike in anchor babies being born....to non-Irish mothers with Irish fathers as well as babies born to parents with EU citizenship who did
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
who are born here to undocumented parents, children who came to Ireland to join undocumented parents...Ireland is an outlier among its European peers in that regard....It is time that Ireland caught up....There were claims that there was a spike in anchor babies being born....to non-Irish mothers with Irish fathers as well as babies born to parents with EU citizenship who did
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-16/2/
16 Nov 2004 -
Irish citizenship....As naturalised citizens, they will be able to apply to have their children naturalised also, whether...they were born in the Philippines, Manchester, Bahrain, or wherever....A month after a child is born, we must be able to say whether it is entitled to become an Irish citizen...two children of other nationality.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-11-13/326/
13 Nov 2007 -
whose only direct lineal ancestor to have been born in Ireland was a great-grandparent....nationals of Irish descent....The position is that the great-grandchildren of persons born in Ireland can obtain Irish citizenship...If persons are not entitled to Irish citizenship in these circumstances, they can apply for Irish citizenship...Such applications are considered under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1956 — 2004.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-11-06/311/
6 Nov 2007 -
whose only direct lineal ancestor to have been born in Ireland was a great-grandparent....nationals of Irish descent....The position is that the great-grandchildren of persons born in Ireland can obtain Irish citizenship...If persons are not entitled to Irish citizenship in these circumstances, they can apply for Irish citizenship...Such applications are considered under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1956 — 2004.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Senator Michael McDowell I support this Bill and it should be given a Second Reading....to Irish citizenship....In Ireland, therefore, family rights combined with absolute citizenship based on jus soli effectively...this - I left that Department in circumstances where it was anticipated that a new immigration and nationality...In the end, under our citizenship and nationality law, a Minister is given discretion.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-09-27/312/
27 Sep 2011 -
Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter) The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956...to Irish citizenship by virtue of their place of birth....Essentially, any child born in the State seeking to claim an entitlement to Irish citizenship must have...of Irish born minor citizen children in light of the European Court of Justice Judgment in the Zambrano...In Ireland, this Judgment applies to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born minor citizen children
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Citizenship laws in this State not only have an impact on this country but also impact our fellow member...states, as any citizen of Ireland has the right to travel and work freely within the EU, along with...No other member state currently offers birthright citizenship on the terms proposed in the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-09-14/501/
14 Sep 2011 -
citizenship of persons born on the island of Ireland to non-national parents is governed by sections...6A and 6B of the Irish Nationality & Citizenship Act 1956, as amended....The Act states that a person born in the island of Ireland shall not be entitled to be an Irish citizen...The conditions are that the applicant must— be of full age or be a minor born in the State be of good...The granting of Irish citizenship through naturalisation is a privilege and an honour which confers certain
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-06-30/216/
30 Jun 2009 -
Section 23 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that a person who...The amended Section 6 (5) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, which is deemed to have...come into effect on 2 December, 1999, provides that a person born in the island of Ireland who has renounced...The only way that a person who was born outside Ireland whose declaration of alienage had been accepted...could subsequently regain Irish citizenship would be through naturalisation.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-01-25/694/
25 Jan 2006 -
McDowell) The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides for two methods by which...non-nationals who are married to Irish citizens can obtain Irish citizenship....Non-nationals who are married to Irish citizens, who are Irish other than by marriage, naturalisation...Non-nationals who are married to persons who obtained Irish citizenship through the process of naturalisation...in Ireland.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
As everyone in the House has acknowledged, it includes the right to provide for a route to citizenship...The children's rights referendum we had since shows that the people of Ireland believe children have...and in the spirit of the children's rights referendum if the Minister of State were to accept this Bill...Ireland has signed up to a number of conventions on statelessness and we consistently put the children...who are born here, who are Irish but not citizens, in danger of being children of no state.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-11-17/203/
17 Nov 2009 -
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Dermot Ahern) The Irish Nationality and Citizenship...The conditions are that the applicant must - be of full age or be a minor born in the State be of good...is of Irish descent or Irish associations....Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in October 2009....There is no provision under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, for an appeal
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
I commend Senator Bacik on bringing this Bill before the House today....My colleagues in Fianna Fáil and I supported her in 2018 and are very happy to do so again....I hope we can progress it together on a cross-party basis and see that proper pathways to citizenship...are afforded to children who have made Ireland their home....I want all children who are born here and who form part of our nation to live free of the anxiety of
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
I commend Senator Bacik on bringing this Bill before the House today....My colleagues in Fianna Fáil and I supported her in 2018 and are very happy to do so again....I hope we can progress it together on a cross-party basis and see that proper pathways to citizenship...are afforded to children who have made Ireland their home....I want all children who are born here and who form part of our nation to live free of the anxiety of
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-18/2/
18 Nov 2004 -
Unlike the 1935 regime in Ireland, at one stage the UK had a law allowing it to revoke the citizenship...I do not believe that I could revoke the citizenship of someone born in Ireland simply because the person...would not have the same consequences for someone born in Ireland....when they take on Irish citizenship under the laws of their country of birth....It was a very short Bill that revoked the citizenship of persons mentioned in the Schedule.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-12-08/5/
8 Dec 1999 -
right of those born in Northern Ireland to regard themselves as Irish or British or both, as they so...the present section 6 of the 1956 Act that, "every person born in Ireland is an Irish citizen from birth...Instead, the Bill starts out, as it must, from the premise that every person born in the island of Ireland...in Irish citizenship law....in the island of Ireland to be "part of the Irish nation".
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1956-03-22/7/
22 Mar 1956 -
main source of citizenship—birth in Ireland....forefathers were born in Ireland....stock, are not Irish citizens and could only become Irish citizens by coming to live in Ireland and taking...counties of an Irish father born outside the Twenty-Six Counties can acquire citizenship by registration...There are ways, apart from birth in the national territory, in which Irish citizenship may originate,
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-10-27/23/
27 Oct 2004 -
born in the island of Ireland to non-national parents can be determined....for the entitlement to Irish citizenship of a person born in Ireland, North or South, to parents neither...The British-Irish Agreement defines the people of Northern Ireland as "all persons born in Northern Ireland...of minors....This change permits the possibility of naturalising a child born to non-national parents after the coming
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin I thank the Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland...It does not give automatic citizenship rights to Irish-born children....What it does is allow that a child born on this island, that is, in Ireland, North or South, has the...right to citizenship after residency of three years....about a republic of opportunity, what opportunity are we handing to a child who is eight years old, Irish-born
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-11-24/22/
24 Nov 2004 -
to non-national parents, either of whom has been lawfully resident in the State or Northern Ireland...Ireland required for the non-national spouse of an Irish citizen to be eligible for naturalisation....There are many non-nationals resident here who have never applied for Irish citizenship, in some cases...Section 15( d ) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 provides that an applicant for a certificate...Section 16( b ) of the same Act, as inserted by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2001, includes
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1986-06-25/6/
25 Jun 1986 -
He pointed out that the same expression occurred in the 1935 Act on nationality and citizenship....The case referred to was that of a couple in a marriage of mixed nationality where the Irish partner...He also raised the point whether citizenship by descent should be confined to the first generation born...descendants of Irish born people to obtain Irish citizenship....Following the passing of the Bill families of Irish extraction who wish to maintain Irish citizenship
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
Senator David Norris What is the Minister of State's response to the observations of the United Nations...The entire school of 600 or 700 young people stood up in defence of that young man who was not born in...How has he responded to the criticism from the United Nations committee?...This is an excellent Bill but it does not go far enough because it does not deal with the situation of...people who are not born in this country, like Nonso Moujeke.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-10-28/9/
28 Oct 2004 -
Ireland is totally in line with international practice in exercising the right to protect its citizenship...citizenship on birth to children born to non-national parents in this country....in this State to non-national parents has an entitlement to Irish citizenship....It also clearly guarantees the right of Irish citizenship to persons born in this island to any parent...nationality on persons born in any part of Ireland whose parents did not have a sufficient connection
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2000-11-01/2/
1 Nov 2000 -
in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish nation....Instead, the Bill starts out from the premise that every person born in the island of Ireland is entitled...in the island of Ireland to be part of the Irish nation....At the same time, those born on this island who do wish to assert their Irish citizenship are free to...By fixing everyone born on the island of Ireland with Irish citizenship, Deputy Shatter's amendment would
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-09-28/642/
28 Sep 2005 -
McDowell) It seems the man in question obtained Irish citizenship by registration in the foreign births...of post-nuptial citizenship....Since all three children were born before the couple became Irish citizens, they cannot obtain Irish...usually possible to finalise applications on behalf of minors more quickly....the meantime, the couple's eldest child, who is 16 years, should register immediately with the Garda national
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-06-30/319/
30 Jun 2005 -
McDowell) There are four ways in which a person born outside Ireland can obtain Irish citizenship, namely...On post-nuptial citizenship, a non-national married to a person who is an Irish citizen, otherwise than...by naturalisation, post-nuptial declaration or honorary citizenship, may accept Irish citizenship as...That is because it was repealed in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 2001....Those conditions are that the applicant must be: of full age or, by way of exception, a minor born in
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-16/2/
16 Nov 2004 -
parents of Irish-born children where such children were born prior to the enactment of this Bill when...Irish citizens are entitled to the care and support of their parents in Ireland if they so wish....citizenship or avail of the naturalisation process....After 40 years and having reared all her children in Ireland, she is trying to gain Irish citizenship...All those who are parents of children born in Ireland before the enactment of this Bill shall be deemed
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-06-21/240/
21 Jun 2011 -
Deputy Alan Shatter) In the absence of more specific information, I can only advise the Deputy that naturalised...parents may make an application for Citizenship on behalf of their minor children under Section 16(...c ) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2004-12-03/3/
3 Dec 2004 -
, and the Bill states: "has been resident in the island of Ireland for a period of not less than 3 years...At that time they will be able to apply to naturalise all of their minor children who are resident with...It would introduce a new concept of opting for Irish citizenship for one's child by coming to Ireland..., will be able to have all their minor children naturalised if they remain, legally, for five years,...I mentioned on Second Stage in this House that Ireland has one of the most liberal citizenship and nationality
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1986-03-21/6/
21 Mar 1986 -
The law on Irish citizenship is contained in the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956....One could provide that foreign husbands of Irish nationals would be entitled to obtain citizenship by...wives and foreign husbands of Irish nationals should have a right to citizenship after three years of...proposed amendment to the law relating to citizenship, which is at an advanced stage, Ireland reserves...that have arisen under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-11-17/179/
17 Nov 2009 -
The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister may, in his absolute...The conditions are that the applicant must be of full age or be a minor born in the State be of good...is of Irish descent or Irish associations....Question were received in the Citizenship Division of my Department in October 2009....There is no provision under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, for an appeal
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1956-02-29/45/
29 Feb 1956 -
Irish people born outside Ireland....of a mother born outside Ireland the benefits of Irish citizenship....Under the Bill as it stands, where a person is born outside Ireland and becomes entitled to Irish citizenship...outside Ireland and who desire citizenship would be registered....Under the present legislation a number of Irish nationals, or a number of naturalised Irish persons are
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-11-07/68/
7 Nov 2006 -
McDowell) The Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Fees) Regulations, 1993, as amended in 1996, sets out...the fees payable by various categories of persons who obtain Irish citizenship....The standard fee for naturalisation is €634.87....Exceptions are made in the case of a spouse of a naturalised Irish citizen; the non-national widow or...widower of an Irish citizen; or a non-national minor child of an Irish Citizen, all of whom pay €126.97
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2004-12-03/3/
3 Dec 2004 -
A certificate of nationality is a document which provides evidence that a person is an Irish citizen....Section 28 of the 1956 Act states that any person who claims to be an Irish citizen, other than a naturalised...Irish citizen, may apply to the Minister or, if resident outside the island of Ireland, to any Irish...As regards somebody born in Ireland whose citizenship from birth depends on whether his or her parents...were or were not resident in Ireland, in those circumstances I could revoke a certificate of nationality
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-21/21/
21 Nov 2018 -
I hope the Bill and the recent high profile cases of Irish-born children facing deportation encourages
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-11-15/8/
15 Nov 2018 -
Ivana Bacik I second the proposal from Senator Humphreys regarding the Labour Party Private Members' Bill..., No. 14 on the Order Paper, the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Naturalisation of Minors Born in...Ireland) Bill 2018.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-12-08/136/
8 Dec 2004 -
McDowell) The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations 1993, as amended in 1996, provides that...a certificate of naturalisation....The fee for making a declaration of post-nuptial citizenship is €126.97....The normal fee for naturalisation is €634.87....Exceptions are made in the case of a spouse or widow of an Irish citizen or a minor, with a fee of €126.97
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2021-03-26/14/
26 Mar 2021 -
I want to indicate that I supported Senator Bacik's Bill on Second Stage because I was very happy with...There was absolutely no doubt they were advised that by having a child born in Ireland, even though they...involved have been reported — in respect of whose case the Supreme Court considered the status of non-national...parents of an Irish-born child....jurisprudence that effectively arose from the Fajujonu case was that the State could deport the parents of an Irish-born
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-05-26/207/
26 May 2009 -
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Dermot Ahern) Section 15 of the Irish Nationality...and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended provides that the Minister may, in his absolute discretion, grant...These conditions are that the applicant is of full age, or is a minor born in the State; is of good character..."Applicant" means, in relation to an application for a certificate of naturalisation by a minor, the...of the minor.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2005-10-26/156/
26 Oct 2005 -
McDowell) There are four ways in which a person born outside of Ireland can obtain Irish citizenship...; by means of a grant as a token of honour, by descent, by naturalisation or by marriage to an Irish...In the case of a non-national applicant who is the spouse of an Irish national, those conditions are...amounting to two years; intend in good faith to continue to reside in the island of Ireland after naturalisation...Those conditions are that the applicant must be of full age, or by way of exception, be a minor born
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-06-18/129/
18 Jun 2008 -
The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, provides that the Minister for Justice, Equality...These conditions are that the applicant must: be of full age, or by way of exception, be a minor born...The Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Fees) Regulations, 1993, as amended in 1996, sets out the fees...payable by various categories of persons who obtain Irish citizenship....Exceptions are made in certain cases including the spouse of a naturalised Irish citizen who pays €126.97
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-06-07/208/
7 Jun 2011 -
Prior to 1 January 2005 a child born on the island of Ireland was automatically entitled to Irish citizenship...Section 6A of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended by Section 4 of the Irish Nationality...and Citizenship Act 2004, provides that a person born on the island of Ireland is entitled to Irish...Consequently children born after 1 January 2005 to foreign national parents resident in Ireland as students...are not eligible for Irish citizenship.
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-16/2/
16 Nov 2004 -
If they become Irish citizens, they will be automatically entitled to apply for citizenship for their...One such case is where the applicant is a naturalised Irish citizen acting on behalf of a minor child...Once one is a naturalised Irish citizen, the Minister can and normally does allow a person to apply to...have his or her minor children granted citizenship also....However, if she waits another three years and has a second child, this child will have Irish citizenship
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-03-04/355/
4 Mar 2008 -
citizenship for the three individuals concerned and the broader issue of Irish citizenship for Argentinian...nationals of Irish descent....The great-grandchildren of people born in Ireland can obtain Irish citizenship by registering in the...If persons are not entitled to Irish citizenship in these circumstances, they can apply for Irish citizenship...Such applications are considered under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts 1956-2004.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
I will quickly provide some figures supplied by Migrant Rights Centre Ireland....Some 32% of the children and young people concerned were born outside of Ireland, 78% of whom had been...None of these children and young people has any rights to residency or citizenship despite being born...People all over the world are able to claim Irish citizenship by virtue of lineage but those who have...As I stated, I am very glad to be part of a party that is putting forward this Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
I will quickly provide some figures supplied by Migrant Rights Centre Ireland....Some 32% of the children and young people concerned were born outside of Ireland, 78% of whom had been...None of these children and young people has any rights to residency or citizenship despite being born...People all over the world are able to claim Irish citizenship by virtue of lineage but those who have...As I stated, I am very glad to be part of a party that is putting forward this Bill.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1986-06-24/9/
24 Jun 1986 -
The relevant piece of legislation is the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956....In providing for the foreign wife of an Irish national being able to get Irish citizenship as of right...of Irish nationals....The number of foreign husbands of Irish women who obtained Irish citizenship by naturalisation in the...has been born in Ireland or, indeed, at later generations provided the immediately proceeding generation
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-05-08/87/
8 May 1991 -
Burke) The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Acts set out three ways in which a person, not born in...Ireland, may acquire Irish citizenship....registration in the foreign births register of the birth abroad of persons whose parents or grandparents were Irish...citizens, declaration of acceptance of post-nuptial citizenship by the spouse of an Irish citizen and...by being granted a certificate of naturalisation.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2008-05-28/205/
28 May 2008 -
Section 15(1) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended, provides inter alia that...an applicant for naturalisation must be of full age....These include the following: where the applicant is a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor...of Irish descent or Irish associations, or where the applicant is a naturalised Irish citizen acting...on behalf of a minor child of the applicant.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/18/
2 Dec 2020 -
Under the Act governing citizenship, the Oireachtas has the power to legislate for children born here...These are young people who play for their local football teams and speak the Irish language....We do not have to justify that they are Irish or say they have better Irish than other people do or that...The Ireland of 2004 is a far cry from the Ireland of 2020. Migration is a part of human activity....We need to make sure that families who move here or children who are born here are safe and treated with
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2020-12-02/21/
2 Dec 2020 -
Under the Act governing citizenship, the Oireachtas has the power to legislate for children born here...These are young people who play for their local football teams and speak the Irish language....We do not have to justify that they are Irish or say they have better Irish than other people do or that...The Ireland of 2004 is a far cry from the Ireland of 2020. Migration is a part of human activity....We need to make sure that families who move here or children who are born here are safe and treated with
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-12-08/5/
8 Dec 1999 -
is that we should move to a system which involves closer links between the spouse and the island of Ireland...Accordingly, sections 4 and 5 of the Bill repeal the provisions dealing with post-nuptial declarations...of citizenship, and put in their place a special system of naturalisation for the non-national spouses...of Irish citizens....This system is modelled on the normal requirements for naturalisation, which are set out in section 15
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1999-12-08/5/
8 Dec 1999 -
In relation to the acquisition of Irish citizenship by non-nationals who marry Irish citizens, we have...when women who married Irishmen could declare – even before marriage – that they were assuming the citizenship...The Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1986, removed that sex discrimination by enabling the husbands..., as well as wives, of Irish citizens – other than naturalised citizens – to make declarations of post-nuptial...citizenship.
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Debate: Select Committee On Justice, Equality, Defence And Women’S Rights
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_justice_equality_defence_and_womens_rights/2004-11-17/2/
17 Nov 2004 -
If someone has a five year old or nine year old child who was born in Ireland, it is unlikely I will...apply to become Irish citizens and for citizenship for their children....If a child's parents are here lawfully for three years, any child born to them is entitled to Irish citizenship...status will be isolated from subsequent siblings born after recognition who will be entitled to Irish...citizenship, they can rest assured there are specific provisions in the Bill designed to ensure such
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2000-01-26/6/
26 Jan 2000 -
The rules in sections 4 and 5 are specific but what is the position if a married couple is living in Ireland..., where one partner is a non-national and has not complied with the rules for citizenship under the Bill..., and a baby is born?...What is the situation if an Irishman is living in Ireland with a non-national, such as an Asian girl,...What citizenship applies to a child whose mother is Asian and father is Irish and who are living in this
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1956-03-22/7/
22 Mar 1956 -
As this sub-section stands it would have the result that a woman born in Ireland who lost her citizenship...Irish citizenship as from the passing of the Act....To retain sub-section (2) of Section 23 would tend to cast doubt on the Irish citizenship of persons...born in Ireland who lost their Irish citizenship under Section 21 of the Act of 1935 on acquiring another...It is the intention that under Section 6 (1) of this Bill every living person born in Ireland is a citizen
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-11-24/22/
24 Nov 2004 -
Government's policy on citizenship....which require non-national parents of Irish-born children to have been legally resident in the island...of Ireland for three of the four years immediately preceding the birth of the child....would create a climate of uncertainty in so far as it would give rise to an expectation that a person born...in Ireland with no entitlement to Irish citizenship would, by regulation, acquire Irish citizenship.
