Dermot Ahern
Ceist:41 Mr. D. Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actual or estimated number of live Irish passports in circulation at 1 January 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11675/95]
Written Answers. - Irish Passport Statistics.
It is not possible to determine precisely the actual number of valid Irish passports in circulation at any particular date. On the basis of Passport Office records of numbers of passports issued in Ireland and abroad, and making certain assumptions about the numbers out of circulation because of deaths of holders or for other reasons, it is estimated that in the region of 1.7 million valid passports were in circulation on 1 January 1995.