62. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific statutory provision which permits the Passport Service to dispense with guardian consent for a passport application where the applicant is under 18 and married; and if this exception remains legally applicable to a person under 18 who is married under Irish law. [62712/26]
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63. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Passport Service first introduced the provision stating that guardian consent is not required where a child is married; the statutory or administrative basis for introducing that provision; whether it has been amended or reviewed since 1 January 2019; and, if so, the dates and outcome of each such review. [62713/26]
64. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications received since 1 January 2019 from persons under 18 who were recorded as married; the number of such applications in which guardian consent was not obtained; the number granted; and the statutory basis on which each such passport was issued. [62714/26]
65. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether a person under 18 who is legally married in another jurisdiction may apply for an Irish passport without guardian consent under the Passport Service's current guidance; if so, the legal basis for this; and whether her Department distinguishes between a marriage legally recognised in Ireland and a marriage entered into in another jurisdict…
83. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost incurred by the Passport Service in the development, procurement, implementation, and operation of the new IT system, Turas, broken down by year and by category of spend, including development, procurement, software licensing, staff training, and ongoing operational and maintenance costs; whether an element of this work was carried…
84. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 212, 213 and 214 of 25 June 2026, in which her Department stated that there have been no significant service disruptions to the Passport Service’s new IT system, Turas, since its deployment in December 2025, the precise criteria used by her Department or the Passport Service to classify an incident as a “sig…
212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the new IT system currently used by the Passport Service was first rolled out across the service. [48599/26]
213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost incurred by the Passport Service in the development, procurement, implementation, and operation of the new IT system. [48600/26]
214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the new IT system used by the Passport Service has experienced any outages, shutdowns, or significant service disruptions; and if so, the number of such incidents to date and their duration. [48601/26]
259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when staff of the Passport Office in Cork are expected to relocate to the newly constructed office building on the Quays. [48602/26]
260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the date on which the Passport Service first commenced paying rent for the new office premises on the Quays in Cork; and the total amount paid in rent for that premises to date. [48603/26]
247. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service maintains internal management dashboards, weekly operational reports or KPI monitoring systems relating to first-time passport application processing times; and if so, the metrics monitored, the frequency of reporting, the recipients of such reports, and whether she will provide copies or summaries of same. [39229/26…
248. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the number of first-time passport applications exceeding the advertised turnaround target in real time; and if so, the number currently exceeding 20 working days, 40 working days and 60 working days respectively. [39230/26]
249. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the longest processing time for a first-time passport application in each year since 2020; and if so, to provide details. [39231/26]
250. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service centrally categorises customer complaints by issue type including delays, communication failures, lost documentation, delayed document returns or application handling errors; and if so, to provide annual figures by category for each year since 2020. [39232/26]
251. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any internal audit, operational review, governance assessment or risk review has examined delayed return, loss or misplacement of supporting documentation submitted with passport applications since 2020; and if so, to provide the dates, findings and recommendations of each review. [39233/26]
252. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any service-level targets exist internally for the return of supporting documentation submitted with passport applications; the compliance rates achieved in each of the past five years; and the number of cases exceeding those targets in each year. [39234/26]
253. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the number of requests for urgent return of supporting documentation separately from general customer correspondence; and if so, to provide annual figures for each year since 2020. [39235/26]
254. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any analysis has been carried out regarding the proportion of first-time passport application delays attributable to incomplete applications, witness verification issues, citizenship verification issues, documentation deficiencies or internal processing delays; and if so, to provide details of the findings. [39236/26]
255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service applies any additional identity verification requirements for newly naturalised Irish citizens beyond automated verification of naturalisation certificates with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration; and if so, the rationale and legal basis for such additional requirements. [39237/26]
256. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any review has examined opportunities to reduce duplication between citizenship verification processes undertaken during naturalisation and those undertaken during subsequent first-time passport applications; and if so, to provide details of recommendations made or actions taken. [39238/26]
257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any formal data-sharing or digital integration project is underway between the Passport Service and the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration aimed at streamlining verification processes for first-time passport applications; and if so, the current status and projected implementation timeline. [39239/26]
258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the percentage of first-time passport applications requiring escalation beyond standard workflow processes; and if so, to provide annual figures for each year since 2020. [39240/26]
162. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the median processing time for first-time passport applications; and if so, to provide the median processing time in each of the past five years, disaggregated by online and paper applications. [36094/26]
163. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Passport Service records the percentage of first-time passport applications completed within the advertised 20 working day turnaround target; and if so, to provide the annual compliance rate for each of the past five years. [36095/26]