Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Passport Services
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the total number of valid Irish passports currently in circulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14253/24]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Passport Service has issued over 300,000 passports to date this year. The majority of online adult renewal applications issue within two working days and over 90% of applicants now apply online.
The Passport Online service offers Irish citizens the ability to apply online for their passport 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is a user-friendly, efficient service that consistently offers processing times up to 4 times faster than paper-based passport renewal applications. Passport Online is now available to 99.9% of all applicants across the world.
I would ask the Deputy to encourage his constituents to apply online for the quickest, cheapest and most efficient service.
The numbers of valid child and adult Irish passports currently in circulation are outlined below in tabular form.
| Type | Number of Valid Passports |
|---|---|
| Adult | 4,565,911 |
| Child | 1,239,296 |
| 5,805,207 |
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