Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 December 2016
259. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time applications for Irish passports in the past three years to date in 2016 by county and jurisdiction, including the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38781/16]
View answerThe number of first time passport applications, broken down by ‘county of birth’ of applicants in Ireland and Northern Ireland, are set out in the following tables for 2014, 2015 and up to the end of November this year. Overall totals for the same periods are presented in respect of first-time applicants born in Great Britain.
The figures are for all first-time applications received, including those for infants and children.
First Time Passport Applicants
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Applications received by ‘County of birth’ |
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Born in Ireland |
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
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Carlow |
104 |
93 |
92 |
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Cavan |
2,019 |
2,089 |
2,043 |
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Clare |
177 |
150 |
161 |
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Cork |
9,426 |
9,042 |
9,176 |
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Donegal |
2,461 |
2,563 |
2,444 |
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Dublin |
30,557 |
31,009 |
29,584 |
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Galway |
6,290 |
6,147 |
6,039 |
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Ireland |
109 |
87 |
119 |
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Kerry |
1,960 |
1,906 |
1,829 |
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Kildare |
180 |
140 |
159 |
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Kilkenny |
2,159 |
2,161 |
2,152 |
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Laois |
2,178 |
2,251 |
2,101 |
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Leitrim |
86 |
67 |
60 |
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Limerick |
5,526 |
5,316 |
5,411 |
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Longford |
67 |
80 |
65 |
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Louth |
3,910 |
4,093 |
3,931 |
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Mayo |
2,421 |
2,217 |
2,155 |
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Meath |
137 |
144 |
117 |
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Monaghan |
232 |
196 |
177 |
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Offaly |
156 |
149 |
129 |
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Roscommon |
133 |
119 |
124 |
|
Sligo |
1,748 |
1,848 |
1,765 |
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Tipperary |
4,585 |
1,539 |
1,519 |
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Unidentified |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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Waterford |
2,438 |
2,512 |
2,440 |
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Westmeath |
2,620 |
2,721 |
2,839 |
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Wexford |
2,436 |
2,408 |
2,463 |
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Wicklow |
123 |
109 |
130 |
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Totals |
81,239 |
81,159 |
79,229 |
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% change on previous year |
-0.10% |
-2.38% |
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Applications received by ‘County of birth’ |
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Born in Northern Ireland |
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- |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
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Antrim |
8,369 |
9,507 |
13,245 |
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Armagh |
2,602 |
2,841 |
3,627 |
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Belfast |
226 |
153 |
525 |
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Derry |
4,341 |
4,666 |
5,563 |
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Down |
3,947 |
4,721 |
5,562 |
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Fermanagh |
1,060 |
1,280 |
1,667 |
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Tyrone |
1,280 |
1,326 |
1,830 |
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Totals |
21,822 |
24,494 |
32,861 |
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% change on previous year |
12.24% |
34.16% |
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Applications received by ‘Place of birth’ |
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Born in Great Britain |
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- |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
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Totals |
7,229 |
7,387 |
14,978 |
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% change on previous year |
2.19% |
102.76% |
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