Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade How a person who is 16 years of age, who is living in Thailand for the past 14 years, but was born here (details supplied) can go about applying for an Irish passport. [15942/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Irish officials in Bangkok are in the process of setting up a permanent Embassy. However, in the interim period, passport queries should be directed to the offices of the Honorary Consuls of Ireland in Bangkok and Phuket. An APS2 (passport application) form should be obtained from the office of the nearest Honorary Consul.Contact details for the Honorary Consuls in Thailand may be found on the Department of Foreign Affairs website at The APS2 application form is accompanied by an information sheet which gives detailed instructions with regard to completing the application form.

For an Irish born (pre 2005) minor applying for their passport the following documentation is required:

A fully completed and witnessed APS2application form

4 Passport Photographs (2 witnessed)

Previous passport if applicable

Long form birth certificate.

There is an additional requirement for children; everyone under the age of 18 must have the consent of their parents/guardians to get a passport and this consent must be witnessed. The only exception to this is if the child is married. More detailed information regarding the consent of guardians may be found in Section 7 of the APS 2 information sheet.

Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party)
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124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 651 of 15 April 2015 and 742 of 24 March 2015, the procedures around determining if someone applying for a passport has reduced capacity; if the view of a medical professional is required in making this determination; if it is on the basis of other information, or on the opinion of a Garda or other official; if the determination that the applicant is of reduced capacity is contested by the person, if there are any mechanisms in place to appeal this, or to have the opinion of a third party, with appropriate medical expertise, to determine the matter; if there are no procedures in place, his views that such procedures are necessary. [15953/15]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service operates on the presumption that an adult making an application to the Passport Office has the capacity to do so. In the rare occurrence that the Passport Service is informed to the contrary, the application is reviewed in accordance with the provisions of S6 (4) of the Passports Act 2008. Section 6 (4) states, “An application for the issue of a passport to a person who is suffering from a physical or mental incapacity may be made on his or her behalf by a person duly authorised to act on his or her behalf.” Evidence supporting the claim of reduced capacity is required from a medical professional, HSE appointed social worker or court appointed legal guardian. In the situation where the passport applicant wishes to challenge the information received concerning his/her incapacity, this appeal can be made to the Director of Passport Services and all appropriate evidence will be examined. A circumstance has not yet arisen where the application of S6 (4) of the Passports Act 2008 has been contested by an applicant.