Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 89: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that were issued in 2006; the way this number compares with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3903/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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In 2006 there were 677,000 applications processed and this is very much in line with the 2005 figure of 680,675. The actual figure for passports produced was approximately 630,000 in both years.

Within the above figure, a total of 86,970 passports were issued in 2006 by our Embassies and Consulates abroad while some 40,000 were issued to Irish citizens in Northern Ireland.