Pauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount collected in passport fees during the months of October and September 2023; if he will provide figures for the same period in 2022 and 2021, in tabular form. [52409/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Passport Service is successfully meeting high demand for passports and has issued over 900,000 passports to date in 2023. Between 2,000 and 3,000 passports are being issued every day. All turnaround times are at or ahead of target and there are no backlogs. More than half of simple adult renewals issue within two working days or less.

Passport fees collected during the months of October and September 2023, and for the same months in 2022 and 2021, are set out below in tabular form.

Passport Fees collected 2021-2023

*2023 figures have not yet been audited and are subject to revision.

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will assist a person (details supplied) with getting a passport approved for educational purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52511/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this application is within the current turnaround time and has not yet reached the issue-by date.

I strongly encourage the Deputy to advise his constituents of the advantages of using the substantially more efficient online service, which is now used by more than 90% of applicants worldwide.