Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of the passport service, including staff costs, as well as the revenue generated in fees paid by applicants for passports and passport cards, in each year from 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50438/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The Passport Service is successfully meeting high demand for passports and has issued over 880,000 passports to date in 2023. Between 2,000 and 3,000 passports are being issued every day. All turnaround times are at or ahead of target and there are no backlogs. More than half of simple adult renewals issue within two working days or less.

Direct costs and revenue for the Passport Service for the period 2016-2022 are set out below in tabular form. Figures for 2023 will not be available until the Department's Appropriation Account has been signed off after the end of the financial year.

*The table above covers direct costs incurred by the Passport Service, e.g. postage, building utility costs, operating and payroll costs. The Department’s financial management system does not allocate indirect costs incurred by central services, e.g. ICT, HR, finance, corporate services, etc.