Dermot Cole

“ These forms cover two situations. (a) where the application is made by naturalised parents and (b) where an application is made by a parent or guardian on behalf of a minor child who claims naturalisation by Irish associations. Neither of these forms require declarations, witnesses, etc.
9. In the case of those applicants who were of full age, as stated, Mr Mathews, in his submission to the Minister, draws attention to the fact that in a number of applications signatures were missing and that he had returned the forms to Mr Kenny of Deloitte Touche, to have the forms completed. ”

“ Normally one is required to pay a fee to the Department of Foreign Affairs in advance before a passport is issued. This procedure was not followed in these cases and the fees were not in fact received until the following March.
6. The only evidence on the Department of Foreign Affairs file that these people are Irish citizens is a handwritten note on 5 of the applications that the applicants were to be naturalised.
Section C: The applications themselves 1. There are a number of errors and discrepancies in the applications made. ”

“ This does give rise to the peculiar position in the case of the minor applicants (5) that the wrong statutory forms were used to make application but the correct form of naturalisation certificates were used. ”