Passport Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 November 2018

Thursday, 15 November 2018

Ceisteanna (52)

Aindrias Moynihan

Ceist:

52. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process by which a person who did not have his or her birth registered when born and cannot definitively prove a date of birth but later proved his or her identity satisfactorily to the General Register Office sufficient to be issued a public services card by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection may apply for a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47487/18]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

All passport applications are subject to the requirements of the Passports Act, 2008, as amended. Before a passport can issue the Passport Service must be satisfied as to the identity of the applicant and that the applicant is an Irish citizen. A vital document to verify the identity of an applicant is the applicant’s birth certificate. It provides unique primary identifying data such as the full name, date of birth, parent(s) name(s) and mother’s maiden name. The Public Services card does not hold all the data required in this instance.

All documentation in support of an application is required to be original. In the event that a person does not have a civil birth certificate, the advice of the Passport Service is to contact the General Register Office and establish if the birth can be registered and a birth certificate issued.