Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed and supplied in view of a delay of almost five months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17316/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service commenced a phased return to full operation on 8 June 2020 and has processed over 80,000 books and cards since re-opening. The Passport Service is currently meeting the target turnaround times for Passport Online applications.

This application is a paper based application through Passport Express. The Passport Service is working through paper based applications received before March 2020. This application is currently under process.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department has not responded to a query (details supplied) in view of the fact it has been sent on two occasions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service commenced a phased return to full operation on 8 June 2020. The Passport Service has processed over 80,000 books and cards since re-opening and is currently meeting the target turnaround times for Passport Online applications.

The target turnaround time is 10 working days for simple applications and 20 working days for complex applications, once the supporting documentation has been received.

The supporting documents for this application were received on 24 June 2020. It is expected that this passport will issue on 22 July 2020.