Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
199. Deputy John Deasy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passport applications received and approved through each application channel; and the applicants’ countries of origin since 23 June 2016, the date of the UK Brexit referendum. [16508/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Passport Service offers a range of convenient channels for submission of passport applications by Irish citizens at home and abroad. For citizens resident in the state, applications can be submitted through the Passport Express postal service, through the award-winning online passport application service or, in certain circumstances, in person through the counter service in Dublin and Cork.
Table 1 outlines the total number of passport applications received, approved and issued to citizens residing in the state by application channel for the period from 23 June 2016 to 12 April 2018:
Table 1: Passports issued to applicants resident in the State during the period from 23 June 2016 to 12 April 2018
|
APPLICATION CHANNEL |
PASSPORTS ISSUED |
|
An Post Passport Express |
715,702 |
|
Online Applications |
108,483 |
|
Counter Applications (Dublin and Cork) |
22,446 |
|
TOTAL |
846,631 |
Residents of Northern Ireland may submit applications through the online passport application service, through the Northern Ireland Passport Express service and, in certain circumstances, through the Dublin or Cork counter service.
Passport applications from Irish citizens residing outside the island of Ireland may be submitted either through the online passport application service or through the network of Irish Embassies and Consulates worldwide.
For the period of 23 June 2016 to 12 April 2018, the total number of passports issued to Irish citizens on foot of an application through the Northern Ireland Passport Express service or through the online passport application service where a delivery address in Northern Ireland is noted was 139,062.
For the same time period, the total number of passports issued to Irish citizens on foot of an application made by post or in person through the London Passport Office or through the online passport application service where a delivery address was in Great Britain is noted was 185,977.
Table 2 outlines the country by country breakdown of the passports issued through the online passport application service for the time period requested. The country cited is based on the applicant’s postal address.
Table 3 lists the number of passports issued by each of the Irish embassies for the time period requested.
Both tables exclude applications from Northern Ireland and Great Britain.
Table 2: List of passports issued following applications via the online passport application service for the period 23 June 2016 to 12 April 2018 (Excluding Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain):
|
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE |
PASSPORTS ISSUED |
|
AFGHANISTAN |
4 |
|
ALGERIA |
2 |
|
ANDORRA |
3 |
|
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
1 |
|
ARGENTINA |
39 |
|
ARUBA |
1 |
|
AUSTRALIA |
3,665 |
|
AUSTRIA |
82 |
|
BAHAMAS |
3 |
|
BAHRAIN |
19 |
|
BANGLADESH |
3 |
|
BARBADOS |
5 |
|
BELARUS |
4 |
|
BELGIUM |
242 |
|
BELIZE |
1 |
|
BERMUDA |
28 |
|
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
3 |
|
BOTSWANA |
3 |
|
BRAZIL |
41 |
|
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM |
2 |
|
BULGARIA |
20 |
|
CAMBODIA |
11 |
|
CAMEROON |
1 |
|
CANADA |
1,572 |
|
CANARY ISLANDS |
13 |
|
CAYMAN ISLANDS |
35 |
|
CHILE |
12 |
|
CHINA |
64 |
|
COLOMBIA |
15 |
|
COOK ISLANDS |
2 |
|
COSTA RICA |
4 |
|
CROATIA |
6 |
|
CYPRUS |
22 |
|
CZECH REPUBLIC |
47 |
|
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO |
1 |
|
DENMARK |
92 |
|
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
2 |
|
EAST TIMOR |
1 |
|
ECUADOR |
2 |
|
EGYPT |
27 |
|
ERITREA |
1 |
|
ESTONIA |
8 |
|
ETHIOPIA |
1 |
|
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) |
1 |
|
FIJI |
2 |
|
FINLAND |
44 |
|
FRANCE |
721 |
|
GEORGIA |
3 |
|
GERMANY |
737 |
|
GHANA |
2 |
|
GIBRALTAR |
10 |
|
GREECE |
37 |
|
GUERNSEY |
24 |
|
HONDURAS |
3 |
|
HONG KONG |
81 |
|
HUNGARY |
25 |
|
ICELAND |
3 |
|
INDIA |
40 |
|
INDONESIA |
12 |
|
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF |
1 |
|
ISLE OF MAN |
62 |
|
ISRAEL |
43 |
|
ITALY |
221 |
|
JAMAICA |
1 |
|
JAPAN |
77 |
|
JORDAN |
13 |
|
KENYA |
27 |
|
KOSOVO |
2 |
|
KUWAIT |
5 |
|
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC |
2 |
|
LATVIA |
5 |
|
LEBANON |
6 |
|
LIBYA |
2 |
|
LUXEMBOURG |
124 |
|
MACAU SAR |
3 |
|
MALAWI |
4 |
|
MALAYSIA |
31 |
|
MALDIVES |
1 |
|
MALTA |
36 |
|
MARTINIQUE |
1 |
|
MAURITIUS |
17 |
|
MEXICO |
48 |
|
MONACO |
7 |
|
MOROCCO |
1 |
|
MOZAMBIQUE |
2 |
|
MYANMAR |
3 |
|
NAMIBIA |
1 |
|
NEPAL |
1 |
|
NETHERLANDS |
457 |
|
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
1 |
|
NEW ZEALAND |
949 |
|
NICARAGUA |
2 |
|
NIGERIA |
19 |
|
NORWAY |
61 |
|
OMAN |
4 |
|
PAKISTAN |
7 |
|
PANAMA |
9 |
|
PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
2 |
|
PERU |
20 |
|
PHILIPPINES |
11 |
|
PITCAIRN |
1 |
|
POLAND |
31 |
|
PORTUGAL |
71 |
|
PUERTO RICO |
2 |
|
QATAR |
27 |
|
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN |
1 |
|
ROMANIA |
13 |
|
RUSSIA |
15 |
|
RWANDA |
2 |
|
SAUDI ARABIA |
28 |
|
SEYCHELLES |
1 |
|
SINGAPORE |
128 |
|
SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
11 |
|
SLOVENIA |
4 |
|
SOLOMON ISLANDS |
1 |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
1,189 |
|
SOUTH KOREA REPUBLIC OF KOREA |
27 |
|
SPAIN |
865 |
|
SRI LANKA |
6 |
|
SUDAN |
2 |
|
SWAZILAND |
3 |
|
SWEDEN |
165 |
|
SWITZERLAND |
317 |
|
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |
3 |
|
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA |
16 |
|
THAILAND |
81 |
|
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
14 |
|
TUNISIA |
1 |
|
TURKEY |
35 |
|
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS |
6 |
|
U.S. OUTLYING MINOR ISLANDS |
2 |
|
UGANDA |
4 |
|
UKRAINE |
2 |
|
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
309 |
|
UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA |
7 |
|
UNITED STATES |
6,000 |
|
URUGUAY |
2 |
|
VATICAN CITY STATE |
2 |
|
VENEZUELA |
2 |
|
VIETNAM |
51 |
|
VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH) |
3 |
|
VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S) |
1 |
|
ZAMBIA |
6 |
|
ZIMBABWE |
16 |
|
TOTAL |
19,617 |
Table 3: List of passports issued following applications made via Irish embassies and consulates during the period 23 June 2016 to 12 April 2018 (Excluding Ireland, Northern Ireland and Great Britain):
Please Note: Many Irish Embassies are accredited to, and provide passport services for, Irish citizens in more than one country. The following table is organised by receiving Mission. Not all accreditations are listed and listing does not necessarily mean that passport applications have been received from each State of accreditation.
|
MISSION |
ACCREDITED TO: |
PASSPORTS ISSUED |
|
ABU DHABI |
- UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan |
2,641 |
|
ABUJA |
- Nigeria, Chad, Ghana, Senegal |
497 |
|
ADDIS ABABA |
- Ethiopia, South Sudan |
32 |
|
ANKARA |
- Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, Pakistan |
191 |
|
ATHENS |
- Greece, Albania, Serbia |
266 |
|
BANGKOK |
- Thailand, Myanmar |
642 |
|
BEIJING |
- China, Mongolia |
1,568 |
|
BERLIN |
- Germany |
2,990 |
|
BERNE |
- Switzerland, Algeria, Liechtenstein |
1,478 |
|
BRASILIA |
- Brazil |
221 |
|
BRATISLAVA |
- Slovakia |
47 |
|
BRUSSELS |
- Belgium |
1,117 |
|
BUCHAREST |
- Romania, Moldova, Macedonia |
135 |
|
BUDAPEST |
- Hungary, Republic of Kosovo, Montenegro |
114 |
|
BUENOS AIRES |
- Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay |
316 |
|
CAIRO |
- Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, |
281 |
|
CANBERRA |
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea |
18,691 |
|
COPENHAGEN |
- Denmark, Iceland |
412 |
|
DAR-ES-SALAAM |
- Tanzania, Burundi, Eritrea |
65 |
|
FREETOWN |
- Sierra Leone |
6 |
|
HANOI |
- Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos |
230 |
|
HELSINKI |
- Finland |
143 |
|
JAKARTA |
- Indonesia |
118 |
|
KAMPALA |
- Uganda, Rwanda |
56 |
|
KUALA LUMPUR |
- Malaysia |
279 |
|
LILONGWE |
- Malawi |
44 |
|
LISBON |
- Portugal, Morocco |
308 |
|
LJUBLJANA |
- Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
71 |
|
LUSAKA |
- Zambia, Namibia |
175 |
|
LUXEMBOURG |
- Luxembourg |
456 |
|
MADRID |
- Spain, Andorra, Tunisia |
2,828 |
|
MAPUTO |
- Mozambique, Angola, Botswana |
69 |
|
MEXICO CITY |
Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela |
270 |
|
MOSCOW |
- Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan |
164 |
|
NEW DELHI |
- India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Republic of Maldives |
247 |
|
NICOSIA |
- Cyprus |
242 |
|
NAIROBI |
- Kenya |
108 |
|
OSLO |
- Norway |
135 |
|
OTTAWA |
- Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica |
2,869 |
|
PARIS |
- France, Monaco |
3,695 |
|
PRAGUE |
- Czech Republic, Ukraine |
210 |
|
PRETORIA |
- South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mauritius, Zimbabwe |
5,094 |
|
RIGA |
- Latvia |
24 |
|
RIYADH |
- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen |
759 |
|
ROME |
- Italy, Libya, San Marino |
765 |
|
SEOUL |
- South Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
148 |
|
SINGAPORE |
- Singapore, Philippines, Brunei, East Timor |
866 |
|
SOFIA |
- Bulgaria, Armenia, Georgia |
77 |
|
STOCKHOLM |
- Sweden |
430 |
|
TALLIN |
- Estonia |
23 |
|
TEL AVIV |
- Israel |
347 |
|
THE HAGUE |
- Netherlands |
1,317 |
|
TOKYO |
- Japan |
245 |
|
VALETTA |
- Malta |
204 |
|
VIENNA |
- Austria |
431 |
|
VILNIUS |
- Lithuania, Belarus |
61 |
|
WARSAW |
- Poland |
245 |
|
WASHINGTON |
- USA |
24,256 |
|
ZAGREB |
- Croatia |
7 |
|
TOTAL |
79,726 |
