Written answers
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Passport Controls
Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish and-or EU legislation which requires Irish citizens to input their passport information into the website of their chosen airline before they depart the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42524/17]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Passports are internationally recognised travel documents which attest to the identity and nationality of the bearer.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for the issuance of passports to Irish citizens and for the maintenance of the security and integrity of the Irish passport.
However immigration or administrative requirements for entry into third States are not a matter within the competence of the Passport Service.
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