Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the number of passports issued to persons resident outside the State in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [50294/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Irish citizens living outside the State may apply for an Irish passport through a number of channels, namely via the network of Irish Embassies, Consulates and Honorary Consuls worldwide, in person at the London Passport Office, through the online renewal system, or in the case of Northern Ireland through the Northern Ireland Passport Express service. The Passport Service does not compile data based on country of residence of applicants. Rather, tracking of application numbers is in general carried out against method of application. Including the main relevant categories of application methods, this suggests that number of passports issued to Irish citizens living outside the State in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and in 2017 to date is as follows:

Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity)
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234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the number of passports issued to persons living in Northern Ireland in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [50295/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland may apply for an Irish passport through the Northern Ireland Passport Express system, the online renewal system or in-person at the Passport Office in the State. Tracking of application numbers is in general carried out against method of application, rather than address of the applicant. The number of passports issued to Irish citizens on foot of an application through the Northern Ireland Passport Express service in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and in 2017 to date is as follows: