Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Tipperary that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15329/22]

Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from County Longford that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15327/22]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications from counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15040/22]

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications by persons in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15039/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 114, 121 and 152 together.

The numbers of passport applications with the Passport Service from counties Carlow, Cavan, Kilkenny, Longford, Monaghan, Meath and Tipperary are outlined below in tabular form.

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.

The table below outlines the total number of applications in the system by 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.