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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued a refund to the applicant. 

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent directly in relation to the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service regrets the delay with this application. The Passport Service is further reviewing the application and will write to the applicant this week.  

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (5 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, a Joint Task Force was established to coordinate the Defence Forces contribution to the whole-of-Government Covid-19 response. A wide range of supports have since been provided by the Defence Forces to the HSE as well as to other Departments and Agencies, including support to the ongoing vaccination programme.  As the Deputy is aware,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Applications (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific case about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service will contact the person directly in order to advise them on their query. 

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for citizenship by descent through the Foreign Births Register under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The processing of Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) has resumed and will be gradually scaling up in line with the recruitment of additional resources. Due to the complex nature of the FBR process, the large increase in applications...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent to provide an update on the status of the passport application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 233, 236, 241, 244 and 245 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has issued passports to the applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this application is currently being reviewed by the Passport Service. The Passport Service is in direct contact with the applicant in relation to the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Passport Service of my Department is a unified service composed of three constituent offices located in Lower Mount Street and Balbriggan in Dublin and South Mall in Cork, respectively. Passport applications from all citizens - whether at home or abroad - are distributed for processing across the three Passport Offices, on the basis of the type of application rather than county or...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service regrets the delay in processing this application. The Passport Service is prioritising the application to ensure no further delay is experienced.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued a refund to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: There are certain passport applications for applicants resident in Ireland that require forms to be witnessed by a member of An Garda Síochána. These applications include: - All Passport Express applications - Section 9 Certificate of Identity - First time adult online applications - Identity Verification Form - First time child online applications - Child Passport Identity and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The online Passport Tracker tool provides applicants with an indication of how their application is progressing through the system and gives an estimated issue date based on the current average application processing time. The date displayed on the tracker is an estimate, and is based on the current average processing time for that type of application. For a small number of applications...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: Officials from my Department have been in contact with Conradh na Gaeilge to offer a meeting to hear Conradh’s perspectives and concerns with respect to this important issue. The Department also met with Conradh on 8 April 2021 to discuss the implementation of the language and identity provisions of the New Decade, New Approach Agreement. The  New Decade, New Approach...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs agreed to assign an officer to a one-year reciprocal staff exchange with Kerry Group in July 2021. The exchange serves to enrich the skillsets, contacts and experience of personnel across public and private sectors, and supports my Department’s strategic objectives to further strengthen Ireland’s role in the global economy. The reciprocal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service regrets the delay in processing this application. The Passport Service is prioritising the application so that no further delay is experienced. The Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent directly to advise of this.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: In response to the high volume of applications being submitted to the Passport Service, a temporary phone line was established in October 2021 to respond to Oireachtas members' queries on urgent passport cases. In each case raised by an Oireachtas Member, the Passport Service reviews the application in question, and can provide an update as to the status and estimated issue by date of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cybersecurity Policy (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Government follows developments in Spain closely through our Embassy in Madrid and I am aware of the allegations referred to by the Deputy. I understand that it has been proposed that these will be subject to investigation by the appropriate channels in the Spanish public system and for that reason it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the matter further.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (4 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: Following the outbreak of the war, our Embassy in Kyiv has been working remotely from Ireland.  In the coming weeks the Embassy will move its remote operation to Warsaw.   The Department of Foreign Affairs continues to review the situation and is conducting the necessary security and contingency planning in relation to a possible re-entry of officers into Ukraine in the future. The...