Passport Services

244. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for assistance in relation to a passport query (details supplied) [42950/26]

246. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to urgently intervene in a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43152/26]

249. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will ensure that a passport (details supplied) will be issued urgently for a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43403/26]

258. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person can be expedited (details supplied). [43869/26]

5. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40433/26]

6. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is a requirement for same-sex parents of children born prior to 2020, to submit court orders to the Passport Office justifying the presence of both parents on a birth certificate when provided as supporting documentation for a child's first time passport application; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

7. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite a passport to accommodate visa requirements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40454/26]

11. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40666/26]

226. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 6 May 2026, if passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and who are resident in Northern Ireland or overseas are required to provide two years' proof of use of their new name when applying for a passport whether as…

236. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to a passport application (details supplied); the actions she will take to expedite this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38957/26]

244. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine and expedite a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39116/26]

245. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to urgently examine passport applications (details supplied) [39117/26]

246. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine and expedite passport applications for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39119/26]

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 summarie…

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/…

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]