Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and children passport renewals currently being processed by the Passport Office in 2025, as of 31 January 2025. [6855/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service issued 72,702 passport renewals in January, with 63,250 adult renewals and 9,452 child renewals.

2025 is expected to be another busy year for the Passport Service and my Department is in an excellent position to meet the demand forecasted for this year. To date in 2025, the Passport Service has issued over 138,000 passports.

I would ask the Deputy to encourage his constituents to apply for their passports through Passport Online, as the quickest, easiest and most cost effective way to apply for a passport.