Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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484. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will extend the validity period of passport cards from five years to ten years; the reason the validity period is five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5616/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Card is designed on the basis of a credit card sized and so will fit conveniently into a wallet. It will be of a polycarbonate construction also very similar to a credit card. The industry standard to ensure durability and security of the card recommends that the validity should be set to no more than 5 years.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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485. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport holders that have registered for the passport reminder service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5617/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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There is a link on the DFA website to this service which is run by , on behalf of the parent department.

I can confirm there are 23,592 registrations in the system of which 1,126 have been received in 2015.