Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 233: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person currently working as an aid worker in the Sudan is entitled to a second Irish passport given that their current passport will expire in the near future and they believe that if they were to wait until the expiry date to apply it would be too late for them to travel home on leave by the time the passport was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18655/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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A passport can be renewed before its expiry date. However, as it is currently not possible to guarantee a turnaround time for the processing of passport applications, because of the ongoing industrial action in the Passport Service, I have issued instructions and announced that passport applicants may submit a photocopy of the photograph page of any existing valid passport being renewed, with the application form and retain the existing passport. The person in question should make contact with the Honorary Consul General of Ireland in the Sudan to submit the passport application. When the new passport is produced and available for collection in Khartoum the applicant will then be asked to submit the old passport for cancellation.

The contact details are as follows: Honorary Consul General of Ireland DAL Food Division No. 1/15 Block 4F, Industrial Area Khartoum North P.O. Box: 807, Khartoum 11111 Sudan Telephone: +249-1-5511-7886 Fax: +249-1-8544-4847 Email: ireland.consulate.krt@gmail.com