Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2023
143. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of applicants’ documents received by the Passport Office that were subsequently lost, forcing applicants to resend documents; the number of applicants whose documents are recovered; the number of applicants whose documents that were not recovered in 2021, 2022, to date in 2023, in tabular form, by county of applicant. [22562/23]
View answerMy Department takes its responsibilities in relation to documentation it receives in support of passport applications and its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and relevant legislation very seriously. The Department has a Data Protection Policy and a number of other internal policies and procedures in place that apply to processing documentation it receives.
The Passport Service has been unable to compile the figures in the format requested within the time allowed for the Parliamentary Question response. The Passport Service will follow up directly with the Deputy to share the figures when they are ready.
