Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 October 2019
76. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time applicants from Great Britain and Northern Ireland who applied for an Irish passport from 2014 to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42705/19]
View answerThe numbers of first time passport applications received from applicants who were resident in Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the time of application for the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019 are detailed in the following table.
|
Year |
First time applications from Great Britain |
First time applications from Northern Ireland |
|
2014 |
5,672 |
18,067 |
|
2015 |
6,011 |
20,325 |
|
2016 |
18,263 |
29,923 |
|
2017 |
31,675 |
40,089 |
|
2018 |
39,287 |
40,226 |
|
2019* |
40,960 |
57,572 |
* to 30 September 2019
All passport applications are subject to the provisions of the Passports Act, 2008, as amended. The Passports Act provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to him or her. Entitlement to Irish citizenship is governed by Irish law and in particular the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended.
