Passport Services

27. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any consideration is being given by the Minister to reducing the current passport processing time for the urgent passport renewal appointment service in the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38155/25]

61. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the long term plans for the Cork Passport Office; and if it is intended to provide additional services at the office. [38236/25]

202. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the next of kin which is listed on the back of a passport can be changed if the named next of kin has passed away; the current process to change this is to renew a valid passport; if an alternative option will be considered; where the name of the next of kin could be updated without renewal; and if he will ma…

203. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the complex passport application that has been raised directly with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure this issue is resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/25]

208. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can be issued for a child (details supplied). [37762/25]

140. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify the process by which a child can gain a passport in the situation where one parent refuses to sign the passport application form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36707/25]

4. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review the correspondence (details supplied); if he will expedite the passport application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36291/25]

120. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how young adults who leave State care and have no access to their parents' citizenship documents due to no contact can access passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35796/25]

129. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) as the applicants’ travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35719/25]

131. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how young adults who leave State care and have no access to their parents' citizenship documents due to no contact can access passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35790/25]

132. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is any mechanism for a non-binary person to be identified as such on their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35821/25]

134. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he would support the introduction of an ‘X’ marker on passports for people who identify with a non-binary gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36095/25]

135. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the complex passport application (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that this issue is resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36127/25]

193. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department could assist in resolving an issue regarding a complex passport application where a four-year-old girl has been waiting for her first passport for two years and has been unable to see her extended family living abroad since her birth (details supplied). [35019/25]

202. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport will be processed urgently by his Department for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33907/25]

207. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in the Passport Service, by role and by year for the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34242/25]

208. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on staffing of the Passport Service in the years 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34243/25]

209. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost associated with increasing staffing levels in the Passport Service by 10, 50 and 100 WTE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34244/25]

210. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the WTE equivalent within the Passport Service, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34245/25]

4. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review correspondence regarding two passport applications (details supplied); if he will expedite the processing of these passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32956/25]

147. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 10 June 2025, the number of passports issued to applicants using sworn affidavits as a form of identification in 2022, 2023, and 2024. [32451/25]

157. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [32682/25]

182. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to accessing passport records (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that people that wish to access this information can do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31344/25]

14. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to establish a passport printing service at the Cork passport office, which would help ensure a quicker turnaround period for applicants availing of the urgent passport renewal appointment service at this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30904/25]

173. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the requirement for widowed parents to provide a sole guardianship affidavit for passport renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29095/25]