Written answers
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Passport Applications Data
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued on a monthly basis in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28342/18]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of passports issued per month for the period requested are as follows:
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32652 | Jan | 32,083 | Jan | 33,275 | Jan | 34,931 | Jan | 51172 |
| Feb | 47754 | Feb | 55,904 | Feb | 62,884 | Feb | 67,724 | Feb | 59235 |
| Mar | 59956 | Mar | 71,402 | Mar | 64,015 | Mar | 84,589 | Mar | 79248 |
| Apr | 69357 | Apr | 72,130 | Apr | 79,991 | Apr | 87,447 | Apr | 88261 |
| May | 82802 | May | 78,303 | May | 91,767 | May | 103,410 | May | 98841 |
| Jun | 76632 | Jun | 80,516 | Jun | 94,378 | Jun | 96,207 | Jun | |
| Jul | 75118 | Jul | 85,718 | Jul | 82,985 | Jul | 78,307 | Jul | |
| Aug | 52007 | Aug | 58,770 | Aug | 67,518 | Aug | 67,371 | Aug | |
| Sep | 37506 | Sep | 48,106 | Sep | 52,535 | Sep | 52,349 | Sep | |
| Oct | 41751 | Oct | 30,279 | Oct | 42,355 | Oct | 41,474 | Oct | |
| Nov | 29417 | Nov | 31,199 | Nov | 37,974 | Nov | 37,053 | Nov | |
| Dec | 27401 | Dec | 28,350 | Dec | 23,383 | Dec | 30,513 | Dec | |
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