Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can issue on time for travel for a minor (details supplied) in County Mayo, in order that they can accompany their family. [9431/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this application is within the current turnaround time and has not yet reached its issue by date. The current estimated issue date for the application is 22 March 2023. The turnaround time for paper-based applications is 8 weeks.

The Passport Service would like to advise the Deputy to encourage his constituents to use Passport Online for their passport applications and renewals, being the quickest, most convenient and least expensive channel for applicants.