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The Foreign Births Register ({{lang-ga|Leabhar Taifeadta Breitheanna Coigríche}}) is an official register of foreign births with Irish citizenship that is kept by the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin.^[1] A Foreign Births Entry Book is also maintained in every Irish diplomatic mission and consular office, the contents of which are from time to time transcribed into the Foreign Births Register.^[1]

The system of citizenship registration was established by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956. A child born outside Ireland to a parent who holds Irish citizenship and who was also born outside Ireland may acquire Irish citizenship by having the child's birth entered into the Foreign Births Register or a Foreign Births Entry Book.^[2] The citizenship of such children is effective from the date of registration,^[3] or for those registered on or before 30 June 1986, effective from the date of birth, or 17 July 1956 if the person was born before that date.^[2]

Once entered, a certified copy of the entry is issued, which takes the form of an A4 certificate bearing the signature of a senior consular official and the stamp of authenticity from the authority responsible for having made the entry e.g. Irish diplomatic mission. This certificate is printed on specially produced security paper incorporating a UV reactive Harp watermark and may be used as proof of Irish citizenship when applying for a passport without any further proof of citizenship being required. A statutory fee is charged for access to this facility which varies depending on the issuing authority. The current fee is €278 if over 18 and €153 if under, if the application is made in Dublin at the Department of Foreign Affairs.^[4] Fees outside Ireland vary from embassy to embassy, but is generally an equivalent to €278 in the local currency.

Applications for Foreign Birth Registration can take up to six months to process from the date of receipt of a complete application with all the required supporting documentation.

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References

1. ^¹Section 27(1), Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, Irish Statute Book, Office of the Attorney General, Dublin, Ireland.
2. ^¹Section 3(1), Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 2001, Irish Statute Book, Office of the Attorney General, Dublin, Ireland.
3. ^Section 2, Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1986, Irish Statute Book, Office of the Attorney General, Dublin, Ireland.
4. ^{{cite web|title=Registering a Foreign Birth|url=https://www.dfa.ie/passports-citizenship/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a-foreign-birth/|work=Fees|publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|accessdate=2 January 2014}}