Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 May 2004
92 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) obtained an Irish passport from the embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the name of another person; if it subsequently emerged that this person was not entitled to an Irish passport; if this person succeeded a second time in obtaining an Irish passport under a false name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12883/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI confirm that the person about whom the Deputy has supplied details fraudulently obtained an Irish passport from the Irish embassy in Kuala Lumpur in November 1996. Irish passport facilities had previously been afforded to him using the same fraudulent identity. It was only after his death in 1998 that it came to light that the identity used by him to obtain those passports was false and that he was not an Irish citizen entitled to an Irish passport. The rigorous checking procedures to detect fraudulent passport applications have been reviewed in the light of this case and are continually updated.
