Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 December 2017
45. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons from Great Britain and Northern Ireland that have applied for an Irish passport in each of the years 2012 to 2017, in tabular form. [53971/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTracking of passport applications is in general carried out against channel of application rather than by other metrics, including country of origin. Bearing this in mind, the following general breakdown of applications will give the available detail on numbers of passport applications received from Northern Ireland and Great Britain for 2012 to 2016 and in 2017 to date:
|
Year |
Northern Ireland |
Great Britain |
|
2012 |
41,124 |
45,646 |
|
2013 |
44,122 |
42,441 |
|
2014 |
48,475 |
43,449 |
|
2015 |
53,715 |
46,229 |
|
2016 |
67,582 |
63,453 |
|
2017* |
80,964 |
81,287 |
(*1 Jan. – 10 Dec. 2017 only)
