Passport Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 April 2011

Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Ceisteanna (88)

Joe McHugh

Ceist:

104 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that have been issued to residents of Counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan since 2006 by county, and to annualise the figures; the number of passports issued in Counties Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, Kerry and Limerick in the same period, and to provide the information in the same format. [7681/11]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Eamon Gilmore)

The Passport Service is not in a position to maintain statistical information in relation to place of residency for passport applicants. I regret, therefore, that it is not possible to provide the detail sought by the Deputy.