Written answers

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Passport Applications Data

Photo of Declan BreathnachDeclan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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259. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time applications for Irish passports in the past three years to date in 2016 by county and jurisdiction, including the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38781/16]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The number of first time passport applications, broken down by ‘county of birth’ of applicants in Ireland and Northern Ireland, are set out in the following tables for 2014, 2015 and up to the end of November this year. Overall totals for the same periods are presented in respect of first-time applicants born in Great Britain.

The figures are for all first-time applications received, including those for infants and children.

First Time Passport Applicants

Applications received by ‘County of birth’
Born in Ireland
-201420152016
Carlow1049392
Cavan2,0192,0892,043
Clare177150161
Cork9,4269,0429,176
Donegal2,4612,5632,444
Dublin30,55731,00929,584
Galway6,2906,1476,039
Ireland10987119
Kerry1,9601,9061,829
Kildare180140159
Kilkenny2,1592,1612,152
Laois2,1782,2512,101
Leitrim866760
Limerick5,5265,3165,411
Longford678065
Louth3,9104,0933,931
Mayo2,4212,2172,155
Meath137144117
Monaghan232196177
Offaly156149129
Roscommon133119124
Sligo1,7481,8481,765
Tipperary4,5851,5391,519
Unidentified135
Waterford2,4382,5122,440
Westmeath2,6202,7212,839
Wexford2,4362,4082,463
Wicklow123109130
Totals81,23981,15979,229
% change on previous year-0.10%-2.38%
Applications received by ‘County of birth’
Born in Northern Ireland
-201420152016
Antrim8,3699,50713,245
Armagh2,6022,8413,627
Belfast226153525
Derry4,3414,6665,563
Down3,9474,7215,562
Fermanagh1,0601,2801,667
Tyrone1,2801,3261,830
Totals21,82224,49432,861
% change on previous year12.24%34.16%
Applications received by ‘Place of birth’
Born in Great Britain
-201420152016
Totals7,2297,38714,978
% change on previous year2.19%102.76%

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