Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a country by country per annum breakdown of Irish passports given out by embassies over the past ten years; the fees collected per annum; number of passports issued domestically over the past ten years and fees collected; number of emergency passports issued domestically over that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32032/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Prior to the full introduction of our current technology system in Oct 2005 the Passport Service only recorded figures for passports issued on the island of Ireland. These pre-2006 records below do not differentiate between emergency and non-emergency passports.

Issued in Ireland

The following table outlines the country by country per annum breakdown down commencing in 2006.

The following table outlines passports issued in Ireland from 2006 to 2012.

An annual revenue/cost statement for Passport Service for the last ten years (period 2003-2012) is set out below. Passport revenues and costs are recorded collectively covering Embassies abroad and offices at home.

*The cost figures do not include the cost of a range of shared services provided to the Passport Service e.g. financial management, human resource management and legal services provided by the Department.