Willie Hay, Baron Hay of Ballyore

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Hay was born in Milford in the north of County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster in 1950. [12] [13] County Donegal, the largest county in Ulster, is one of the three counties in Ulster that is part of the Republic of Ireland; the other six counties in Ulster make up Northern Ireland. At the age of six, Hay moved with his family to Derry. [12] He is an Irish citizen with an Irish passport because he refuses to pay a £1,300 UK naturalisation fee (and take the "Life in the UK" test) required for people, such as him, who were born in the Republic of Ireland but who wish to become a British citizen. [14] "I see myself as a British citizen living in Northern Ireland all my life. I have a right to British citizenship and a British passport. I am being discriminated against because I can't get my British passport," he told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster in April 2021. [15] In January 2024, a Private Members Bill brought forward by Gavin Robinson passed, allowing people born in the Republic of Ireland after 1948 that have been living in Northern Ireland for longer than 5 years to register as British citizens. It is not known when the bill will become law. [16]

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  1. ↑ Liam Clarke (8 July 2011). "Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness to make it easier to be British". The Belfast Telegraph . Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "- 'DUP man not allowed British passport' - Belfast Telegraph, 20 June 2018". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Northern Ireland elections". Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Personnel Archived 4 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
  5. ↑ "Speaker misses out on the Twelfth.... to say I do". BBC News. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  6. ↑ "NI Assembly Speaker William Hay to retire as MLA". BBC News. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Assembly Speaker to stand down". Belfast Telegraph. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "William Hay retires as Speaker of Assembly". Newsletter. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Karren Brady and Sir Stuart Rose among new life peers". BBC News. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  10. ↑ "No. 61081". The London Gazette . 18 December 2014. p. 24538.
  11. ↑ "Lord Hay of Ballyore profile". Parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  12. 1 2 'Willie Hay campaign for British passport cited as DUP try to improve citizenship path for Donegal unionists' ( The Derry Journal , 29 January 2024). https://www.derryjournal.com/news/politics/willie-hay-campaign-for-british-passport-cited-as-dup-try-to-improve-citizenship-path-for-donegal-unionists-4496503
  13. ↑ 'Willie Hay asks about British Passports for Donegal unionists as British move to ease citizenship route for Hong Kongese' ( The Derry Journal , 31 March 2023). https://www.derryjournal.com/news/politics/willie-hay-asks-about-british-passports-for-donegal-unuonists-as-british-move-to-ease-citizenship-route-for-hong-kongese-4087070
  14. ↑ "Irish-born DUP peer criticises Home Office's UK citizenship rules". The Guardian. 14 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  15. ↑ Stephen Walker (14 April 2021). "Lord Hay: DUP peer 'discriminated' against in passport quest". BBC News. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021.
  16. ↑ "Lord Hay: DUP peer to get British passport after battle". 26 January 2024.
The Right Honourable
The Lord Hay of Ballyore
Official portrait of Lord Hay of Ballyore crop 2, 2022.jpg
Official portrait, 2022
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 December 2014
Life peerage
Civic offices
Preceded by Mayor of Derry
1992–1993		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
2007–2014		Succeeded by
Northern Ireland Assembly
New assembly Assembly Member for Foyle
1998–2014		Succeeded by
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Haye of Ballyore		Followed by
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