Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2024
11. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicants travel date is imminent and the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13564/24]
View answer21. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [14244/24]
View answer25. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application for a passport (detail supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14365/24]
View answer27. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for person (details supplied). [14486/24]
View answer29. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14603/24]
View answer31. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicants travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14700/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 21, 25, 27, 29 and 31 together.
The Passport Service has issued over 300,000 passports to date this year. The majority of online adult renewal applications issue within two working days and over 90% of applicants now apply online. The Passport Online service offers Irish citizens the ability to apply online for their passport 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is a user-friendly, efficient service that consistently offers processing times up to 4 times faster than paper-based passport renewal applications. Passport Online is now available to 99.9% of all applicants across the world. I would ask the Deputies to encourage their constituents to apply online for the quickest, cheapest and most efficient service.
With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has issued passports to the applicants.
