Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
447. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of standard passport applications and renewals that are currently awaiting processing to date in 2021, broken down by each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/21]
View answerThe Passport Service has received nearly 500,000 applications in 2021 to date, with approximately 110,000 under process. The current turnaround times are 10 working days for Simple Adult renewals, 15 working days for Complex renewals, 40 working days for First Time applications on Passport Online and 8 weeks for Passport Express for applications which have been completed correctly.
The approximate number of complete Passport Online book applications per county under process currently in the system is set out in the following table.
|
DONEGAL |
1,300 |
|
DOWN |
3,500 |
|
DUBLIN |
1,600 |
|
FERMANAGH |
400 |
|
GALWAY |
2,600 |
|
KERRY |
1,300 |
|
KILDARE |
2,700 |
|
KILKENNY |
800 |
|
LAOIS |
800 |
|
LEITRIM |
300 |
|
LIMERICK |
1,900 |
|
LONGFORD |
300 |
|
LOUTH |
1,500 |
|
MAYO |
1,200 |
|
MEATH |
2,300 |
|
MONAGHAN |
500 |
|
OFFALY |
700 |
|
ROSCOMMON |
500 |
|
SLIGO |
600 |
|
TIPPERARY |
1,400 |
|
TYRONE |
1,200 |
|
WATERFORD |
1,200 |
|
WESTMEATH |
800 |
|
WEXFORD |
1,400 |
|
WICKLOW |
1,700 |
These figures are correct to 3 September 2021.
There are currently approximately 9,463 paper based applications in the system. It is not possible to break these down by county.
