461 Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his discretionary power to grant citizenship by way of naturalisation to persons (details supplied) in view of the fact that their mother, an Irish citizen by descent as a grand-daughter of Irish-born immigrants, formally acquired Irish citizenship in 1989, after the passage of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1986 which denies them citizenship on residency grounds; if he will take into account the anomalous situation that such children born after 1986 could be registered in the Foreign Births Entry Book and granted Irish citizenship by right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28223/07]

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461 Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will use his discretionary power to grant citizenship by way of naturalisation to persons (details supplied) in view of the fact that their mother, an Irish citizen by descent as a grand-daughter of Irish-born immigrants, formally acquired Irish citizenship in 1989, after the passage of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1986 which denies them citizenship on residency grounds; if he will take into account the anomalous situation that such children born after 1986 could be registered in the Foreign Births Entry Book and granted Irish citizenship by right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28223/07]

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