Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 284: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passports that were issued in each year over the past five years. [13671/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The number of Irish Passports issued over the last five years are as follows:

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 285: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [13694/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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A passport application for the named person was registered with the Passport Office in Balbriggan on 8 March, 2010. It was received through the Passport Express service which is a ten day guarantee service that is provided by the Passport Office in partnership with An Post. However, due to industrial action the Passport Express guarantee was suspended on 4 March. As a result it is presently taking about twenty working days to process Passport Express applications. Applications are being processed on a first come first served basis, the application in question was being processed on 29 March and if everything is in order the applicant should have the passport within the next few days.