Labour: 'Every child' born in Ireland should have a pathway to citizenship

Labour leader Alan Kelly called for the establishment of a 'pathway towards citizenship' for every child born in Ireland. 

The Tánaiste says that children born in Ireland should have a pathway to citizenship, but that repealing or overturning the 27th amendment is a "different thing".

Under the amendment, passed in a 2004 citizenship referendum, children born in Ireland are only entitled to automatic citizenship if at least one of their parents is a citizen or is entitled to be.