Passport Data

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Questions (1184)

Joe Higgins

Question:

1184. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that were issued to citizens resident outside the State in the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the states in which they were resident and in the figure for the United Kingdom to distinguish Northern Ireland from the overall UK figure. [33383/14]

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Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

It is not possible to provide figures prior to 2006. The following figures detail the number of passports issued to Irish citizens, adults and minors, from 2006 – 2014 by Embassy-Country Location. It should be noted that the country reflects the location through which the application was lodged and not necessarily the country of residence of the citizen at the time of application.

COUNTRY	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014 (YTD)
Argentina	174	183	167	155	125	162	128	148	104
Australia	6113	6436	6177	6626	7150	7475	8357	8922	6722
Austria	130	148	127	141	149	124	171	173	143
Belgium	622	498	540	591	572	665	509	552	467
Brazil	28	75	94	76	79	108	96	125	74
Bulgaria	13	15	18	29	28	32	31	39	29
Canada	2226	2299	2311	2082	2129	2149	2103	2580	1892
China	494	526	515	512	575	634	692	719	468
Cyprus	108	78	82	110	101	105	98	123	57
Czech Republic	88	81	62	99	66	87	90	75	63
Denmark	164	154	179	140	180	164	155	140	123
Egypt	146	173	172	208	200	227	253	258	156
Estonia	16	3	11	6	7	8	7	14	10
Ethiopia	7	12	21	5	5	11	16	18	7
Finland	57	41	62	60	65	57	70	65	47
France	1354	1355	1339	1465	1522	1527	1473	1489	1069
Germany	1135	1239	1170	1249	1306	1245	1244	1246	977
Greece	119	137	105	141	145	116	144	112	102
Holland	695	647	617	635	679	719	647	651	454
Hungary	31	52	34	48	45	56	53	47	30
India	91	82	84	86	103	117	132	150	112
Iran	6	11	12	15	8	10	3
Israel	126	168	123	141	124	178	167	165	154
Italy	410	347	372	378	419	458	384	411	305
Japan	188	177	167	157	164	146	155	179	108
Latvia		1	5	8	6	4	11	11	4
Lesotho	5	3	8	3	6	3	4	7	9
Lithuania		1	13	13	6	19	16	30	18
Luxembourg	245	225	178	212	207	205	212	212	181
Malawi				5	15	10	11	9	10
Malaysia	315	298	332	398	370	370	435	403	289
Malta		57	33	40	50	45	65	66	37
Mexico	148	165	129	120	150	157	124	154	125
Mozambique	24	51	47	56	42	53	30	39	30
New Zealand	2144	2170	2176	1684	1737	1933	1738	1765	1314
Nigeria	123	176	173	192	206	198	248	318	194
Northern Ireland	30303	36047	38234	37664	37255	33885	41438	44139	39183
Norway	91	85	83	97	106	99	98	120	81
Poland	58	58	50	53	72	109	79	96	83
Portugal	136	133	127	106	147	140	127	126	73
Romania	12	21	38	35	45	49	59	46	41
Russia	85	95	77	84	80	83	87	76	69
Saudi Arabia	584	643	677	773	555	297	322	316	220
Singapore	292	269	302	366	395	426	396	432	347
Slovakia	12	9	7	14	25	22	16	19	18
Slovenia	15	17	27	17	33	31	28	32	24
South Africa	2727	3188	3243	2811	2700	2656	2568	2377	1751
South Korea	50	58	54	66	61	75	78	93	76
Spain	1159	1143	1125	1208	1174	1161	1256	1140	846
Sweden	180	194	179	208	215	231	224	170	152
Switzerland	652	540	623	648	697	732	710	718	627
Tanzania	36	18	23	28	43	37	39	29	17
Turkey	82	46	75	73	79	85	76	82	78
Uganda	45	33	36	32	23	28	37	26	21
UK (exc. NI)	48032	43201	41681	43924	41525	39807	43706	40564	29313
UAE					318	788	862	930	807
USA	12641	13625	13809	12494	12126	11636	11991	11961	8578
Vietnam		9	49	56	61	66	74	61	71
Zambia	122	109	89	65	77	82	67	59	39
Grand Total	114859	117625	118263	118708	116553	112102	124410	125027	98399