301 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 27 October 2010 (details supplied), where a child with an Irish birth certificate can be issued with a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41535/10]

Following a recent review of their guidelines, the Department of Justice and Law Reform have confirmed that where a child is born in the State after one of their parents has been granted refugee status, section 6A(2)(d)(i) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, applies and the child therefore has an entitlement to Irish citizenship. The Passport Office has now approved the application for the person named and will make contact with the applicant's parents to confirm this position. A passport will issue in the coming days.