Certificate of Irishness open to 70 million people worldwide

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THE GOVERNMENT has announced plans to introduce a certificate of Irish heritage for up to 70 million people of Irish descent around the world who do not qualify for citizenship.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said at the weekend he had decided to proceed with the initiative, which was first proposed at the Global Irish Economic Forum at Farmleigh last year.
The certificates will be issued by a third party agency acting under licence from the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is considering charging a fee for each document issued.
The initiative is intended to be self-financing, according to a department source. But he said it was not designed with the intention of raising significant amounts of revenue.
The price charged for the certificates has yet to be set. The tendering documents state that the level of fees shall be subject to the department’s agreement. They add: “The Department is open to considering proposals that provide for sharing a proportion of the fees received with the Department”.

Linky Mc Link http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0621/1224272953828.html?via=mr

Im sure the Americans will go nuts for this sort of thing

Picture Frame over ther Fire place With their Certificate of Irishness

easyeason3

It's been done already.

WIZE

True . Just found it

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Abrasax

easyeason3 wrote: »

It's been done already.

Micheal Martin won't be pleased when he hears that.