Paul Murphy
Question:742. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's policy and procedures in dealing with passport applications of adults with reduced decision making capacity. [11683/15]
View answerTuesday, 24 March 2015
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When it is brought to the attention of the Passport Service that an adult does not have the decision making capacity to apply for a passport then the provisions of section 6(4) of the Passports Act 2008 are applied i.e. an application may be made on his/her behalf by an individual who is duly authorised to act on his/her behalf. Where these circumstances occur, the Passport Service requires evidence from an individual(s) that they are duly authorised to act on behalf of the applicant and where this evidence is provided, generally in the form of a court order, a passport issues.
Question No. 743 answered with Question No. 740.