John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons in possession of an Irish passport who are not resident here. [38585/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The information requested regarding current place of residence of Irish passport holders is not maintained by the Passport Service. The Passport Service technology system does not currently record "address" information in the structured format necessary to facilitate the production of management information in relation to place of residency, place of birth etc. Additionally passports are issued for a ten year period it would not be unusual for people to change address or even country of residence a number of times over this period. Additionally, the address to which the passport is sent is requested only for the purpose of passport delivery. However I can provide some information regarding numbers of passports issued by our Embassies and Consulates around the world in 2012 which may be of assistance to the Deputy.