Written answers
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Passport Services
Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to persons with addresses in Northern Ireland; for each year from 2015 to 2024, and to date in 2025. [67481/25]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Passport Service is responding well to demand and so far this year, has issued over 886,000 passports to Irish citizens.
The numbers of passports issued to persons with dispatch addresses of Northern Ireland are outlined below in tabular form.
| Year | Passports Issued to NI –Based Residents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 54,321 |
| 2016 | 67,227 |
| 2017 | 80,568 |
| 2018 | 83,053 |
| 2019 | 117,982 |
| 2020 | 44,745 |
| 2021 | 44,630 |
| 2022 | 115,636 |
| 2023 | 113,588 |
| 2024 | 117,998 |
| 2025, to date | 101,284 |
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