Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the smaller version of Irish passports approved some time ago have been acceptable and popular for international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48673/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Card was launched in October 2015 and since then over 73,000 cards have been issued to Irish citizens across the world.

An application for the card can be made online via my Department’s website www.dfa.ie.

The Passport Card can be used by Irish citizens for travel to 31 countries in total including the EU/EEA and Switzerland. It offers the same protections and entitlements as a passport book, while incorporating the very highest levels of cutting-edge security measures.