Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Mayo that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15155/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of passport applications with the Passport Service from County Mayo is outlined below in tabular form. The table outlines the total number of applications in the system for the county as well as the number that are currently being processed by the Passport Service and the number of applications that require further action from the applicant, such as the submission of additional documents.

Passport Service figures show that of the total of 182,000 passport applications in the system, 63% are fully complete and are being processed by the Passport Service. The other 37% of applications are incomplete, which means the Passport Service is waiting for the applicant to submit the necessary documentation required. While the Passport Service makes every effort to contact applicants in such circumstances, their experience is that many applicants take weeks and sometimes months to send in the necessary documents. Applications that are incomplete cannot be processed within the average turnaround times.