Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
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77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can assist with the resolution of an urgent case of an Irish child (details supplied) stranded abroad and unable to return to school due to inability to get a passport renewal seemingly involving a bureaucratic loop in which an Irish embassy is unable to issue a temporary passport until the passport renewal process for the child is completed in Ireland and the Irish passport office seem unable to complete the renewal process without the child’s presence at a Garda station in Dublin to get a form signed and stamped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45355/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The applicant is receiving direct assistance from the relevant Embassy of Ireland supported by the Passport Service. As soon as the required supporting documents are received an emergency travel document will be issued immediately.