HL Deb 09 May 2002 vol 634 c200WA
Lord Laird

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Privy Seal on 26 March (WA 44) concerning the consultation of the Irish Government on the conferment of peerages, whether they will explain what is meant by the term Irish national. [HL3791]

The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

Irish nationality, and qualification for Irish nationality, is a matter for the Government of Ireland.