231. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on an application under foreign birth registration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67805/26]
Topics / Foreign Birth Registration
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsForeign Birth Registration
37 questions from 20 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 24 September 2026.
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37 written, 0 oral
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 5 |
| February 2025 | 3 |
| March 2025 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 1 |
| June 2025 | 2 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 9 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 3 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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131. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of foreign birth registration applications for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44843/26]
271. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39965/26]
275. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a foreign births registration for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23882/26]
277. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign birth registration application can be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24123/26]
301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will confirm receipt of an application for a foreign birth registration for a person (details supplied); if she will confirm that her Department has received all of the required documents for the application; if there is any documentation that remains outstanding in respect of the application; the indicative timeline for processing and i…
259. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if further to correspondence (details supplied) she will expedite the foreign birth registration of a child of an Irish citizen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11897/26]
90. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70641/25]
77. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of two applications by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69432/25]
183. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on foreign birthright applications (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67247/25]
158. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a foreign birthright application (details supplied). [66028/25]
74. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on foreign birthright applications (details supplied). [64077/25]
184. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround time for applications to the foreign birth register. [62953/25]
200. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a foreign birthright application for a person (details supplied). [64013/25]
209. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 4 November 2025, if he will indicate the matters outstanding on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61602/25]
216. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if two foreign birth registry applications (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61820/25]
223. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62201/25]
131. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57933/25]
139. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on an application for a foreign births registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56065/25]
62. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average waiting time for processing individuals on the foreign births register; and the number of cases currently being processed. [41829/25]
138. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason it is taking so long to process applications for the foreign birth register; his views on a particular case (details supplied) which was lodged in May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/25]
2. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of foreign birth register applications that have been made from persons residing in the USA in the past five years, including this year to 30 June 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38278/25]
205. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37616/25]
121. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35327/25]
145. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the latest processing times for applications to the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32299/25]