Written answers
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Data
Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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302. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of documents that his Department has authenticated, apostilled and legalised in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the amount that has been received in fees by his Department for these services in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58691/22]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs is the competent authority to confirm that a signature, seal or stamp is from an Irish public official/body, and does this by issuing a physical apostille or authentication stamp on documents. Full details of this service can be found at www.dfa.ie/travel/our-services/authenticating-documents/.
The following table details the number of documents apostilled and authenticated by my Department and the fees received from 2017 to 2021, and to date in 2022.
Year | No. of Apostille and Authentication Stamps | Revenue |
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2017 | 59,915 | €1,932,695 |
2018 | 60,537 | €2,002,270 |
2019 | 60,259 | €2,005,570 |
2020 | 44,532 | €1,467,601 |
2021 | 54,795 | €1,873,217 |
2022 (to date) | 46,779 | €1,613,186 |
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