211. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average turnaround time for a passport renewal, by paper and online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19942/25]
Topics / Passport Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPassport Services
483 questions from 95 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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questions
473 written, 10 oral
95
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 6 |
| February 2025 | 24 |
| March 2025 | 14 |
| April 2025 | 18 |
| May 2025 | 33 |
| June 2025 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 37 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 10 |
| October 2025 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 11 |
| December 2025 | 7 |
| January 2026 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 22 |
| April 2026 | 19 |
| May 2026 | 97 |
| June 2026 | 51 |
| July 2026 | 28 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 43 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
235. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to speed up the dispatch of a passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20949/25]
236. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to speed up the dispatch of a passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20951/25]
237. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to speed up the dispatch of a passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20952/25]
8. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine the case of a person (details supplied); who having applied for a Passport on 9 January 2025, and despite having no errors identified on the application, has yet to receive his passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17696/25]
224. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and children's passports that were issued in Q1 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figure for Q1 2024, in tabular form. [16878/25]
230. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17379/25]
235. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and child passports issued in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [17634/25]
146. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider including the renewal reminder on online passport applications instead of the optional sign-up service on the Department's website; if there are plans to further streamline the passport service’s work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15231/25]
165. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to establish a passport printing service at the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15395/25]
214. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application can be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/25]
216. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of an issue faced by domestic violence survivors whereby they are trying to seek a passport for their child, including renewals, where they have to get their ex-partner's/abuser's signature, where they have not initiated legal proceedings for a safety order, etc., usually out of fear, and the child loses out as a r…
217. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an issue faced by domestic violence survivors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15077/25]
242. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the target issue date and the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15573/25]
10. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied). [14551/25]
11. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if changes will be made to the processing of passport applications where there is a requirement for the Passport Office to contact a Garda station to verify documentation submitted as part of the application; if he is aware that in many instances officials are calling Garda stations and getting no reply as many stations are not open on a reg…
188. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to review a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14041/25]
200. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports revoked by his Department in the past 20 years to date; and the reason for each time a passport has been revoked. [13064/25]
201. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking ahead of the late spring, summer and autumn seasons in order to mitigate delays and backlogs in the processing of passport applications and issuing of passports. [13065/25]
202. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport cards issued on an annual basis since their introduction; and the amount in fees for same collected, broken down by category. [13066/25]
204. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the passport application system, the reasoning behind the recent change in policy whereby the notarising of a passport applicant’s driver’s licence must now be undertaken by a solicitor or notary public rather than by a member of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13143/25]
206. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that the processing of a passport for a person (details supplied) will be expedited by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13241/25]
111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) will receive a passport card, which was due on 26 February; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/25]
112. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person will receive a response to formal complaints submitted to the Passport Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10863/25]
1159. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the way a person in County Kildare (details supplied) can qualify for a passport given their current status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11729/25]