Written answers

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Passport Services

Photo of Malcolm ByrneMalcolm 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]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen 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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