Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the passport renewal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/22]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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354. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the passport renewal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15817/22]

Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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355. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for a baby (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15824/22]

Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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356. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for an infant (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15825/22]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Armagh before the travel date of 19 April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15852/22]

Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party)
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361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15874/22]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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368. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be processed on time for a child (details supplied) in County Mayo to travel with their family. [15941/22]

Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16136/22]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can be processed on time for a child (details supplied) to enable them to travel with their family. [16400/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 to 356, inclusive, 360, 361, 368, 371 and 383 together.

With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has provided an update on the status of their passport applications to the applicants.

Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Oireachtas urgent query line (details supplied) has been discontinued; if so, when it was discontinued; if he will consider reinstating the line due to the ongoing high demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15826/22]

Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a matter in relation to the phone lines relating to the Oireachtas urgent query service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16168/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 374 together.

In response to the high volume of applications being submitted to the Passport Service, a temporary phone line was established in October 2021 to respond to Oireachtas Members' queries on urgent passport cases. This phoneline responded to over 2,700 queries in 2021 and has handled over 3,600 queries to date in 2022.

The Oireachtas line is fully operational and has seen a significant increase in the volume of calls received, as well as the number of queries associated with each call since January.

A representative of the Passport Service has contacted Deputy Conway-Walsh and Deputy Ó Murchú to ensure that they are able to access the Oireachtas line and confirmed that their queries have been handled.

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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359. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport renewal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15851/22]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be delivered to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16633/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 388 together.

With regard to the specific applications referred to by the Deputies, the Passport Service has issued passports to the applicants.