Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 622: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if any consideration was given to implementing a system for passport holders to remind them three months before the expiry date of their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Passport Office does not issue reminder letters to passport holders to renew their passports. To do so would involve additional expenditure in terms of staff resources and postage in the region of €300,000 per annum. The potential response to such a campaign would also be reduced by virtue of passport holders having moved address and changed family circumstances in the intervening years. The Passport Office carries out advertising campaigns on a regular basis in the national press and other publications. In all such advertising, applicants are advised to apply for their passport in good time.