Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 June 2014
47. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason difficulty is been experienced in obtaining an Irish passport in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25179/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraWhen a person renews his/her passport, s/he is required under the Passports Act, 2008 to submit the previous passport which was issued to him/her. In situations where the renewal of a passport is necessitated from loss or theft, the statement of loss section on the application form must be completed by the applicant and duly witnessed by a member of An Garda Siochána. In this case the person in question was issued a passport in 2007 which was valid for five years. However, this was not submitted with her recent renewal application. Moreover, she did not complete the statement of loss to explain the absence of the previous passport from her application. In these circumstances the Department considers that the application is incomplete and as such is not compliant with the Passports Act, 2008. Accordingly, the Department wrote to the applicant on two occasions to inform her of this problem. In the latest letter, dated 29 May, 2014, the applicant was requested to complete the required statement of loss. Once this is done and returned to the Passport Service, her application will be approved for passport issue.
