Written answers
Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Passport Applications Data
John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed through the passport office in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/18]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of passports applications processed by the Passport Service in each of the years requested is as follows:
YearNumber of passport applications
2015 | 679,944 |
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2016 | 750,833 |
2017 | 789,701 |
Jan 1 to April 30 2018 | 358,572 |
The figure given for the period covered in 2018 represents a 9% increase on the same period last year.
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