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Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Passports Data

Photo of Joe HigginsJoe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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1184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that were issued to citizens resident outside the State in the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the states in which they were resident and in the figure for the United Kingdom to distinguish Northern Ireland from the overall UK figure. [33383/14]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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It is not possible to provide figures prior to 2006. The following figures detail the number of passports issued to Irish citizens, adults and minors, from 2006 – 2014 by Embassy-Country Location. It should be noted that the country reflects the location through which the application was lodged and not necessarily the country of residence of the citizen at the time of application.

COUNTRY
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 (YTD)
Argentina
174
183
167
155
125
162
128
148
104
Australia
6113
6436
6177
6626
7150
7475
8357
8922
6722
Austria
130
148
127
141
149
124
171
173
143
Belgium
622
498
540
591
572
665
509
552
467
Brazil
28
75
94
76
79
108
96
125
74
Bulgaria
13
15
18
29
28
32
31
39
29
Canada
2226
2299
2311
2082
2129
2149
2103
2580
1892
China
494
526
515
512
575
634
692
719
468
Cyprus
108
78
82
110
101
105
98
123
57
Czech Republic
88
81
62
99
66
87
90
75
63
Denmark
164
154
179
140
180
164
155
140
123
Egypt
146
173
172
208
200
227
253
258
156
Estonia
16
3
11
6
7
8
7
14
10
Ethiopia
7
12
21
5
5
11
16
18
7
Finland
57
41
62
60
65
57
70
65
47
France
1354
1355
1339
1465
1522
1527
1473
1489
1069
Germany
1135
1239
1170
1249
1306
1245
1244
1246
977
Greece
119
137
105
141
145
116
144
112
102
Holland
695
647
617
635
679
719
647
651
454
Hungary
31
52
34
48
45
56
53
47
30
India
91
82
84
86
103
117
132
150
112
Iran
6
11
12
15
8
10
3
Israel
126
168
123
141
124
178
167
165
154
Italy
410
347
372
378
419
458
384
411
305
Japan
188
177
167
157
164
146
155
179
108
Latvia
1
5
8
6
4
11
11
4
Lesotho
5
3
8
3
6
3
4
7
9
Lithuania
1
13
13
6
19
16
30
18
Luxembourg
245
225
178
212
207
205
212
212
181
Malawi
5
15
10
11
9
10
Malaysia
315
298
332
398
370
370
435
403
289
Malta
57
33
40
50
45
65
66
37
Mexico
148
165
129
120
150
157
124
154
125
Mozambique
24
51
47
56
42
53
30
39
30
New Zealand
2144
2170
2176
1684
1737
1933
1738
1765
1314
Nigeria
123
176
173
192
206
198
248
318
194
Northern Ireland
30303
36047
38234
37664
37255
33885
41438
44139
39183
Norway
91
85
83
97
106
99
98
120
81
Poland
58
58
50
53
72
109
79
96
83
Portugal
136
133
127
106
147
140
127
126
73
Romania
12
21
38
35
45
49
59
46
41
Russia
85
95
77
84
80
83
87
76
69
Saudi Arabia
584
643
677
773
555
297
322
316
220
Singapore
292
269
302
366
395
426
396
432
347
Slovakia
12
9
7
14
25
22
16
19
18
Slovenia
15
17
27
17
33
31
28
32
24
South Africa
2727
3188
3243
2811
2700
2656
2568
2377
1751
South Korea
50
58
54
66
61
75
78
93
76
Spain
1159
1143
1125
1208
1174
1161
1256
1140
846
Sweden
180
194
179
208
215
231
224
170
152
Switzerland
652
540
623
648
697
732
710
718
627
Tanzania
36
18
23
28
43
37
39
29
17
Turkey
82
46
75
73
79
85
76
82
78
Uganda
45
33
36
32
23
28
37
26
21
UK (exc. NI)
48032
43201
41681
43924
41525
39807
43706
40564
29313
UAE
318
788
862
930
807
USA
12641
13625
13809
12494
12126
11636
11991
11961
8578
Vietnam
9
49
56
61
66
74
61
71
Zambia
122
109
89
65
77
82
67
59
39
Grand Total
114859
117625
118263
118708
116553
112102
124410
125027
98399

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