Clare Daly
Question:176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused a passport, despite being the holder of an Irish passport previously. [38759/14]
View answerThursday, 9 October 2014
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In November 2011 the Passport Service received a complaint from a family member that a passport had issued to the person concerned on the basis of a false passport application i.e. it had been completed by an individual, who did not have authority to act on behalf of the applicant. The Passport Service contacted the individual who had completed the passport application, put this to him, and asked that he provide appropriate evidence that he was duly authorised to act on behalf of the applicant. The passport was returned on foot of the correspondence and to date he has been unable to provide the evidence requested. The Passport Service has confirmed to the family that in order for the passport to re-issue, an application will have to be accompanied by appropriate evidence that it has been completed by an individual who has authority to act on behalf of the applicant. The Passport Service has also advised the family to seek independent legal advice in relation to resolving these concerns.