Do infants and toddlers need a passport or photo id to enter Northern Ireland by air?

carolan78

We are wanting to have along weekend in Northern Ireland but I can not find out if our children will need a passport or photo id. They are 2 and 6 months.

If they do is there any photo id I could get for them that costs less than the passport, it puts the short break out of our price range factoring in £100 for two passports when we're not going to be needing them again until Oct 2009.

richardw

Look at the airline/ferry company website that you will be travelling with, it should explain what they will accept.

carolan78

Looking at Ryan air but their website isn't loading properly.

Anyhow I asked a freind who goes to southern Ireland a lot, she doesn't need id for her 2 and 9 month old. She just takes their birth certificates but as yet has never been asked for them.

richardw

Ryanair's policy http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/faqs.php?sect=pid&quest=photoid&view=email

"WHAT PHOTO-ID DO I NEED?

All passengers must present valid photo identification to check-in for all flights. The only acceptable forms of photo-ID on Ryanair flights are:

A valid passport (passport for travel outside the EEA must have six months validity beyond the date of entry).
A valid National Identity Card issued by the government of a European Economic Area (EEA) country. Only the following countries from the EEA issue National Identity Cards which are acceptable for carriage: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden (for travel within the Schengen area only) and Switzerland.
For British and Irish citizens who are travelling on flights to/from the United Kingdom, to/from the Republic of Ireland (Common Travel Area), a valid driving licence with photo is acceptable photo ID. Passengers who are citizens of other countries travelling on these routes must present a valid passport (with visa if applicable) or a National Identity Card issued either by the government of a European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland.
A valid driving licence with photo is acceptable photo ID for travel on domestic flights. (Please note that driving licences are not accepted when passengers are using online check-in)
In accordance with Article 28(1) of the 1951 UN Convention, a valid UN Refugee Convention Travel Document issued by a Government in place of a valid passport is acceptable.
In accordance with Article 27 of the 1954 UN Convention for Stateless Persons, a valid Convention Travel Document issued by a contracting state in place of a valid passport.
N.B. Children under 16 years (including infants) travelling with an adult are required to have photo-ID when travelling on flights between EEA countries. Acceptable photo-ID for children under 16 is either a valid passport or a valid National Identity Card issued by an EEA country. Children must always be travelling with the adult named on a visa vignette, if visa is applicable.

Photo-ID for children under 16 years is not required for:

Children travelling with an adult between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or domestic flights within either the United Kingdom or Ireland
Children included on the passport of the parent with whom they are travelling.
German children under 10 in possession of a valid German Government Kinderausweis travel document.
Spanish children under 14 in possession of a valid Birth Certificate and or Family Book for traveling on domestic flights within Spain only.
Italian children up to the age of 15 years who are in possession of a valid Certificato Di Nascita which has been endorsed as "VALIDO PER L'ESPATRIO" valid for travel and signed by "IL QUESTORE" subject to acceptance for entry to your destination.
Children travelling with an adult between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or domestic flights within either the United Kingdom or Ireland.
Residence cards, family books, seaman books or military id cards etc. will NOT be accepted for travel in place of the required valid photo-ID detailed above.

Expired or damaged forms of photo-ID will not be accepted for any flight.

Failure to present valid photo-ID matching the names on your reservation will result in your being refused check-in without refund."