Written answers
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Passport Application Numbers
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passport applications that have been processed in Northern Ireland in the past three years; and if he will provide a breakdown by Post Office and District Council Area. [15489/13]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The Passport Service offers an express service through over 70 post office branches in Northern Ireland. Customers applying through passport express are given a commitment by the Passport Service that, where the application was properly completed, a passport will be returned to them within ten working days. The total number of passport applications processed for through these post offices in the period 2010 to 2013 is detailed as follows:
Year | Applications |
---|---|
2010 | 42,475 |
2011 | 38,416 |
2012 | 45,798 |
The information breakdown as requested by the Deputy by post office and district council area is not available.
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