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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 March 2023

Thursday, 2 March 2023

Questions (224)

Richard O'Donoghue

Question:

224. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports issued in each county in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [10690/23]

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Written answers

The number of passports issued by the Passport Service in 2021 and 2022 to applicants residing in each county on the island of Ireland is outlined in tabular form below. 

These figures are for passports that were applied for through Passport Online. Passport Online is now used by over 90% of applicants worldwide. It is the fastest and most cost-effective way to apply for a passport, and can be used for renewal applications from anywhere in the world, and for first time applications from over 50 countries worldwide. Due to the limitations of the paper-based passport application system, the Passport Service were unable to compile the requested figures for paper-based applications in time for the response to the Parliamentary Question. The Passport Service will share the paper-based figures with the Deputy directly.

County

Passports issued 2021

Passports issued 2022

Total

Antrim

                   12,633

      27,989

         40,622

Armagh

                     3,404

         8,149

         11,553

Carlow

                     3,956

         8,959

         12,915

Cavan

                     4,579

      10,582

         15,161

Clare

                     8,933

      17,553

         26,486

Cork

                   41,133

      83,027

       124,160

Derry

                     5,980

      14,370

         20,350

Donegal

                   10,041

      23,230

         33,271

Down

                     9,444

      21,117

         30,561

Dublin

                 119,635

    195,351

       314,986

Fermanagh

                     1,518

         3,301

           4,819

Galway

                   19,541

      38,858

         58,399

Kerry

                     9,878

      21,055

         30,933

Kildare

                   19,205

      37,084

         56,289

Kilkenny

                     6,309

      13,943

         20,252

Laois

                     5,115

      11,667

         16,782

Leitrim

                     2,069

         4,669

           6,738

Limerick

                   14,408

      28,154

         42,562

Longford

                     2,288

         5,468

           7,756

Louth

                   10,176

      20,705

         30,881

Mayo

                     9,266

      19,482

         28,748

Meath

                   16,531

      33,508

         50,039

Monaghan

                     3,703

         8,598

         12,301

Offaly

                     4,693

      10,871

         15,564

Roscommon

                     4,223

         8,986

         13,209

Sligo

                     4,600

      10,108

         14,708

Tipperary

                   10,412

      22,519

         32,931

Tyrone

                     4,195

      10,582

         14,777

Waterford

                     8,573

      17,996

         26,569

Westmeath

                     6,121

      13,073

         19,194

Wexford

                   10,075

      22,042

         32,117

Wicklow

                   12,486

      23,217

         35,703

Total

                 405,123

    796,213

   1,201,336

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