Tuesday, 14 May 2024

Written Answers Nos. 80-99

Employment Rights

Ceisteanna (80)

Ged Nash

Ceist:

80. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; and if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases. [21700/24]

Freagraí scríofa

The Taoiseach

The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only corporate body under the aegis of my Department, is not aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under its remit.

Departmental Advertising

Ceisteanna (81)

Carol Nolan

Ceist:

81. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21873/24]

Freagraí scríofa

The Taoiseach

From 2019 to date in 2024, the Department of the Taoiseach incurred total expenditure of €10,720,362 for advertisements in print media. The bulk of the expenditure from 2020-2022, €10.58 million, related to the dissemination of information for COVID-19 public communications with campaigns including significant regional and local spreads across the print media. The remaining expenditure in this period, of approximately €140,000, was for advertisements placed in national print publications relating to judicial and Director of Public Prosecution appointments, Easter Sunday commemorations and public consultations for the Future of Media Commission and the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality. The Department of the Taoiseach engages a media buying company who advise on national, regional and local spread across print outlets as appropriate.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (82)

Marc MacSharry

Ceist:

82. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review his Department’s operational practice of pushing the target issue date out for a passport submitted online by two weeks, where a new photo is requested by the checker near the end of the checking process; taking on board the fact that the initial passport photo was accepted by the Department’s IT system and the fact that this practice is causing undue hardship for applicants who have a holiday booked and in some cases cannot get monies refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21191/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Passport Service has issued 460,000 passports to date this year and is on track to have issued half a million passports by the end of this month.

Virtually all complete passport applications are being processed within advertised turnaround times.All passport applications require supporting documentation to some degree, whether it is a photo uploaded online for an adult's renewal application, or documents necessary to validate the identity and entitlement to Irish citizenship of a first time applicant. In the cases of children's applications, witnessed identity and consent forms are required to ensure that guardians have consented to the issuance of a passport for the child.In cases where insufficient or incorrect documents are received by the Passport Service, every effort is made to let the applicant know as soon as possible. Applications enter a queue and are checked in order of date received.The Passport Service has had a system whereby applications do not go to the back of the queue following a request for further documents. When the Passport Service receives the required additional documentation from the applicant, the application is prioritised for checking.Online applications for which additional photos are requested are processed within a maximum of 10 working days of the receipt of the new photo. All other requests for further documents are processed within 15 working days of receipt of the additional documents, for both paper and online application types.

The Passport Service has public education materials, including video tutorials on taking a passport photo and detailed instructions on the application process, available online: www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/passports/how-to-apply-for-a-passport. These materials are regularly communicated to citizens via our social media channels.Additionally, should assistance be required with an application, our Customer Service agents are available through phone and webchat services from Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. They can be contacted at [phone], or via the WebChat service: www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/passports/contact-us/#webchat.The public offices of the Passport Service in Dublin 2 and in Cork operate a four-day Urgent Appointment service for renewal applicants. The Dublin office also offers a one-day Urgent Appointment service.Renewal applicants who have already submitted a passport application either through Passport Online or Post Passport can book an urgent appointment and visit the Passport Office to apply for a passport. Once a passport has been issued, their original application will be cancelled and the fee will be refunded.Further information on the Urgent Appointment service for renewal applicants is available at www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/passports/urgent-appointment/.

The Passport Online service offers Irish citizens the ability to apply online for their passport 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is a user-friendly, efficient service that consistently offers processing times up to 4 times faster than paper-based passport renewal applications. Passport Online is now available to 99.9% of all applicants across the world.

I would ask the Deputy to encourage his constituents to apply online well in advance of their travel date for the quickest, cheapest and most efficient service.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (83, 89)

Bernard Durkan

Ceist:

83. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to indicate if and when passports will be approved in the case of persons (details supplied), who applied for renewal six weeks ago and where the witness made an error on the form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21201/24]

James Lawless

Ceist:

89. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21303/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Foreign Affairs (Deputy Micheál Martin)

With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, further supporting documents for these applications were received on 3 May 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (84)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

84. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue to siblings in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passports, especially as the applications were lodged on-line on 31 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21211/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for this application were received on 26 April 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (85, 86)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Ceist:

85. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time passport application (details supplied) will be processed in time for travel on 14 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21222/24]

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Ceist:

86. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time passport application (details supplied) will be processed in time for travel on 14 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21223/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together.

With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, these applications are within the current turnaround times and have not yet reached their issue by date.

Question No. 86 answered with Question No. 85.

Irish Aid

Ceisteanna (87)

Leo Varadkar

Ceist:

87. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider reducing aid provided to national government bodies and agencies in Ghana and Uganda given their decision to harden laws that criminalise same-sex relations. [21285/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs

The promotion and protection of LGBTI+ rights is a foreign policy priority for Ireland. LGBTI+ people continue to suffer disproportionate levels of violence and face systematic discrimination in many countries across the world.

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin T.D. has condemned the ‘Anti-Homosexuality Act’ passed by the Ugandan parliament and signed into law by President Museveni last year. During a visit to Uganda last November, I expressed deep concern to my Ugandan counterpart at the adoption of the legislation, and the impact it would have on LGBTI+ people in Uganda.

Similarly, during a visit to Ghana earlier this year, I directly raised with Ghana’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ireland’s deep concern and opposition to legislation criminalising same sex relations. We have also raised related concerns within the EU and our wider response is being undertaken in cooperation with other EU and like-minded states.

Ireland’s engagement in Uganda and Ghana is based on our international development policy, A Better World, and guided by the Government’s Strategy for Africa to 2025. In line with these strategies, Ireland’s extensive development and cooperation work in Uganda - as well as the projects supported by Ireland in Ghana - focuses on helping the furthest behind first.

Ireland does not provide budgetary support to national government in Ghana and Uganda, nor is our aid channeled through government agencies. Uganda received €24 million in bilateral ODA support from Ireland in 2022 and Ghana €234,624. I believe that reducing funding at a time of exceptional need in both countries would have a negative impact on those most in need.

Our accredited Embassies to Uganda and Ghana will continue to engage with the relevant authorities on the importance of promoting and protecting human rights and working to ensure that all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Ireland stands in solidarity with marginalised groups and will continue to work with civil society groups across the world to promote human rights.

Middle East

Ceisteanna (88)

John Paul Phelan

Ceist:

88. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to his recent discussions with the prime minister of Spain, to outline the territorial borders of any Palestinian state which the Government would be willing to recognise, and who the Government would recognise as the legitimate government and diplomatic representatives of any such state. [21297/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

As I have previously stated, it is my intention to bring a formal proposal on recognition to Government following the completion of discussions with international partners. This is an issue that has been the subject of ongoing consideration in line with the Programme for Government.

These discussions are ongoing and intensifying. I visited Jordan and Egypt in April and met with my counterparts. The manner in which Ireland and like-minded partners could support regional efforts to return to a political pathway towards a sustainable and peaceful resolution of this conflict and a two-state solution was a central focus of these meetings.

At a recent meeting convened in Riyadh by Saudi Arabia and Norway, which was attended by Ireland as well as several European and regional partners, the importance of taking concrete steps towards the realisation of a Palestinian State in the context of the two-State solution was emphasised.

This is a perspective that I have also shared in detail will all EU partners, including most recently at the Foreign Affairs Council in April. I also remain in frequent contact with key like-minded partners and most recently spoke with my Spanish counterpart on 1 May.

It is clear from these engagements, that both our European and regional partners support the need for early, credible and irreversible steps to implement a two-State solution. In this regard, it remains my firm view – and the view of our partners – that recognition is a step that should be carefully calibrated to best advance the peace process. I will be remaining in frequent contact with key partners on this issue in the coming period.

By formally recognising a Palestinian state, Ireland would refer to occupied Palestinian territory based on 1967 borders, which includes Gaza and the West Bank, as the State of Palestine, while being mindful that a future settlement between Palestine and Israel may involve mutually agreed adjustments to the 1967 lines.

Ireland recognises states, not governments. Recognition of a state does not, therefore, necessarily reflect Ireland’s view of the governing body of that State at a given moment. In this case, the Palestinian Authority is a governing body and as the governing body, Ireland would engage with the Palestinian Authority in our diplomatic relations going forward, as we do extensively already.

Question No. 89 answered with Question No. 83.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (90, 100)

James Lawless

Ceist:

90. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21310/24]

Niamh Smyth

Ceist:

100. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21883/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 100 together.

With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has issued passports to the applicants.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (91)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

91. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21348/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for this application were received on 25 April 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (92)

Louise O'Reilly

Ceist:

92. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if temporary staff will be employed over the summer period in the Passport Office; if the office has a specific programme for the employment of persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Passport Service has issued 460,000 passports to date this year and is on track to have issued half a million passports by the end of this month.

Virtually all complete passport applications are being processed within advertised turnaround times.

Adequate staffing of the Passport Service to respond to demand continues to be a priority for my Department in 2024. A competition for temporary staff took place earlier this year. The Passport Service assigned 40 Temporary Clerical Officers to its offices in Balbriggan and Dublin 2 in April and there are plans to assign additional staff in May and June.

2024 is expected to be another busy year for the Passport Service and the Passport Service is in an excellent position to meet the demand forecasted for this year.

My Department, including the Passport Service, is committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment for our employees with disabilities and is committed to equality of opportunity in all its employment practices in line with the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 and Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024.The Department’s Human Resources Strategy 2023-2027, and Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Action Plan, include a number of actions to support greater diversity and inclusion in the workforce. All competitions are conducted in line with the CPSA Code of Practice for Appointment to Positions in the Civil and Public Service, and training is provided, including unconscious bias awareness training, to officers who sit on competition boards, to ensure applicants are assessed equitably and without discrimination in our processes.My Department provides work opportunities for persons with disabilities via the Association for Higher Education Access & Disability’s (AHEAD)’s Willing Able and Mentoring programme which aims promote access to the labour market for graduate with disabilities, and the Oireachtas’ Work Learning (OWL) programme that helps young adults with an intellectual disability find meaningful and viable permanent part-time employment. Policies are guided by the national Disability Act 2005; Employment Equality Acts and the Code of practice for the employment of people with a disability in the Irish Civil Service.

Foreign Birth Registration

Ceisteanna (93)

Michael Ring

Ceist:

93. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth register application will be completed for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21380/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

My Department is responsible for processing Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications for people who are born abroad and claim Irish citizenship through a grandparent born in Ireland or through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship.

FBR applications are currently being processed within the normal turnaround time of 9 months from receipt of supporting documents. Applications which require further supporting documents will take longer to process.

Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving official documentation relating to three generations and issued by several jurisdictions. Such documents take considerable time to validate.

The Passport Service Customer Service Hub has dedicated agents to deal with Foreign Birth Registration application queries. The contact number for urgent Foreign Birth Registration queries is [phone]. This number is also available on the Department's website.

With regard to the specific Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) application about which the Deputy has enquired, supporting documents were received for the application on 30 August 2023. Applications are not queued for processing until all supporting documents are received. Given the current turnaround times of 9 months, it is estimated that this application will be reviewed in June 2024.

Middle East

Ceisteanna (94)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceist:

94. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken by him at a European Union ministers of foreign affairs level to get agreement to aid, support and facilitate war refugees from Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinian in the same way that Ukrainian war refugees were supported by countries in the EU, including Ireland, over the past two years. [21483/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

I am appalled by the increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Israel must take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance in Gaza. I have repeatedly stressed this point at regular meetings of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council.

I also called for continued support from the European Commission and EU Member States to the United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is the backbone of humanitarian aid in Gaza. Earlier this year, I announced €20 million in core funding to UNRWA to support the organisation’s vital and life-saving work. Ireland welcomed the decision by the Commission to release €50 million of urgently needed humanitarian aid.

Over 100 Irish citizens and dependents have left Gaza, with the assistance of the Department of Foreign Affairs. There is a small number of Irish citizens, and their dependents, remaining in Gaza.

Responsibility for applications for international protection in Ireland lies with the Department of Justice.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (95)

Pa Daly

Ceist:

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21489/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent directly in relation to the application.

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (96)

James Lawless

Ceist:

96. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to expedite the passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21564/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant directly in relation to the application.

Employment Rights

Ceisteanna (97)

Ged Nash

Ceist:

97. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21692/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

There are no State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agencies under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Departmental Advertising

Ceisteanna (98)

Carol Nolan

Ceist:

98. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21865/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Department of Foreign Affairs uses advertising and public awareness campaigns primarily to promote essential services to citizens at home and abroad such as passport and consular services. In recent years, public awareness campaigns in relation to COVID-19 travel restrictions and Brexit have formed a significant part of campaigns.

The Department engages the services of third-party media agencies (PHD Media and Javelin), retained under a cross-Government procurement process, for the purposes of advertisement placement in print media. The vast majority of the Department’s spend on advertising and public awareness campaigns is conducted through these agencies with the aim of maximising the audience reached.

The below figures represent the costs of the placing of advertisements in print media, conducted via third-party agencies:

Year	Print Title	Payable	Payable+VAT
2019	SUN	€ 7,722.00	€ 9,498.00
	BELFAST TELEGRAPH	€ 28,054.00	€ 28,054.00
	DAILY MAIL	€ 3,570.00	€ 4,391.00
	DAILY STAR	€ 11,707.00	€ 14,399.00
	GAZETTE	€ 1,879.00	€ 2,311.00
	IRISH EXAMINER	€ 18,071.00	€ 22,227.00
	IRISH FARMERS JOURNAL	€ 13,005.00	€ 15,996.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT	€ 26,598.00	€ 32,716.00
	IRISH MIRROR	€ 2,663.00	€ 3,275.00
	IRISH NEWS	€ 6,375.00	€ 6,375.00
	IRISH TIMES	€ 45,919.00	€ 56,480.00
	MAIL ON SUNDAY	€ 4,711.00	€ 5,794.00
	MF - LIMERICK LEADER	€ 4,036.00	€ 4,964.00
	MF-ANGLO CELT	€ 1,442.00	€ 1,774.00
	MF-BRAY PEOPLE	€ 1,257.00	€ 1,546.00
	MF-CARLOW NATIONALIST	€ 1,787.00	€ 2,198.00
	MF-CLARE CHAMPION	€ 2,726.00	€ 3,354.00
	MF-CLONMEL NATIONALIST	€ 2,422.00	€ 2,979.00
	MF-CONNACHT TRIBUNE	€ 1,870.00	€ 2,300.00
	MF-CONNAUGHT TELEGRAPH	€ 1,481.00	€ 1,822.00
	MF-CORKMAN	€ 1,152.00	€ 1,417.00
	MF-DONEGAL DEMOCRAT	€ 1,843.00	€ 2,266.00
	MF-DONEGAL NEWS	€ 850.00	€ 1,046.00
	MF-DROGHEDA INDEPENDENT	€ 1,833.00	€ 2,254.00
	MF-DUBLIN PEOPLE(3 TITLES)	€ 5,772.00	€ 7,100.00
	MF-DUNDALK ARGUS	€ 1,833.00	€ 2,254.00
	MF-DUNDALK DEMOCRAT	€ 680.00	€ 836.00
	MF-ENNISCORTHY GOREY GUARDIAN	€ 1,257.00	€ 1,546.00
	MF-FINGAL INDEPENDENT	€ 1,571.00	€ 1,932.00
	MF-KERRYMAN	€ 2,896.00	€ 3,561.00
	MF-KILKENNY PEOPLE	€ 1,609.00	€ 1,979.00
	MF-LEINSTER EXPRESS	€ 2,093.00	€ 2,575.00
	MF-LEINSTER LEADER	€ 1,757.00	€ 2,161.00
	MF-LEITRIM OBSERVER	€ 1,735.00	€ 2,134.00
	MF-LONGFORD LEADER	€ 1,834.00	€ 2,255.00
	MF-MAYO NEWS	€ 1,527.00	€ 1,879.00
	MF-MEATH CHRONICLE	€ 1,524.00	€ 1,875.00
	MF-MIDLAND & TULLAMORE TRIBUNE	€ 1,652.00	€ 2,032.00
	MF-MUNSTER EXPRESS	€ 1,286.00	€ 1,581.00
	MF-NENAGH GUARDIAN	€ 1,278.00	€ 1,572.00
	MF-NEW ROSS STANDARD	€ 1,257.00	€ 1,546.00
	MF-NORTHERN STANDARD	€ 3,291.00	€ 4,047.00
	MF-ROSCOMMON HERALD	€ 1,262.00	€ 1,553.00
	MF-SLIGO CHAMPION	€ 1,309.00	€ 1,610.00
	MF-SOUTHERN STAR	€ 2,104.00	€ 2,588.00
	MF-TALLAGHT ECHO	€ 1,636.00	€ 2,013.00
	MF-TIPPERARY STAR	€ 1,330.00	€ 1,635.00
	MF-TUAM HERALD	€ 864.00	€ 1,063.00
	MF-WATERFORD NEWS & STAR	€ 1,440.00	€ 1,771.00
	MF-WESTERN PEOPLE	€ 1,870.00	€ 2,300.00
	MF-WESTMEATH EXAMINER	€ 1,441.00	€ 1,772.00
	MF-WESTMEATH INDEPENDENT	€ 2,688.00	€ 3,306.00
	MF-WEXFORD PEOPLE	€ 1,466.00	€ 1,803.00
	MF-WICKLOW PEOPLE	€ 1,466.00	€ 1,803.00
	SUN ON SUNDAY	€ 3,400.00	€ 4,182.00
	SUNDAY BUSINESS POST	€ 17,017.00	€ 20,931.00
	SUNDAY INDEPENDENT	€ 35,756.00	€ 43,980.00
	SUNDAY TIMES	€ 8,674.00	€ 10,669.00
	SUNDAY WORLD	€ 16,431.00	€ 20,210.00
	THE HERALD	€ 5,525.00	€ 6,796.00
	THE INSERT HOUSE - 15%	€ 4,160.00	€ 5,117.00
	THE INSERT HOUSE - ZERO DISCOUNT	€ 471.00	€ 579.00
	THE NEWS LETTER	€ 1,833.00	€ 1,833.00
2019 Total		€ 339,968.00	€ 409,815.00
2020	SUN	€ 5,172.00	€ 6,295.00
	ANGLO CELT	€ 1,651.00	€ 1,998.00
	BELFAST TELEGRAPH	€ 6,235.00	€ 6,235.00
	BRAY PEOPLE	€ 1,862.00	€ 2,252.00
	CARLOW NATIONALIST	€ 847.00	€ 1,025.00
	CARLOW PEOPLE	€ 1,580.00	€ 1,912.00
	CARRIGDHOUN NEWSPAPER	€ 597.00	€ 722.00
	CLARE CHAMPION	€ 3,825.00	€ 4,628.00
	CLONMEL NATIONALIST	€ 3,266.00	€ 3,951.00
	COMMUNITY LOCAL MAGAZINE	€ 887.00	€ 1,073.00
	CONNACHT TRIBUNE	€ 2,352.00	€ 2,846.00
	CONNAUGHT TELEGRAPH	€ 1,743.00	€ 2,108.00
	CORK INDEPENDENT	€ 1,500.00	€ 1,815.00
	DAILY MAIL	€ 1,116.00	€ 1,350.00
	DAILY STAR	€ 5,179.00	€ 6,266.00
	DONEGAL DEMOCRAT	€ 3,220.00	€ 3,897.00
	DONEGAL NEWS	€ 2,125.00	€ 2,571.00
	DONEGAL POST	€ 1,969.00	€ 2,383.00
	DROGHEDA INDEPENDENT	€ 1,692.00	€ 2,047.00
	DROGHEDA LEADER	€ 2,718.00	€ 3,288.00
	DUNDALK ARGUS	€ 1,692.00	€ 2,047.00
	DUNDALK DEMOCRAT	€ 2,781.00	€ 3,365.00
	DUNDALK LEADER	€ 2,399.00	€ 2,903.00
	ENNISCORTHY GUARDIAN	€ 1,862.00	€ 2,252.00
	EVENING ECHO	€ 2,519.00	€ 3,048.00
	FINGAL INDEPENDENT	€ 1,105.00	€ 1,337.00
	GALWAY ADVERTISER	€ 2,040.00	€ 2,468.00
	GAZETTE	€ 2,261.00	€ 2,736.00
	INISH TIMES	€ 4,961.00	€ 6,003.00
	INISHOWEN INDEPENDENT	€ 717.00	€ 868.00
	IRISH EXAMINER	€ 9,728.00	€ 11,800.00
	IRISH FARMERS JOURNAL	€ 9,690.00	€ 11,789.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT	€ 22,991.00	€ 27,896.00
	IRISH MIRROR	€ 1,618.00	€ 1,958.00
	IRISH NEWS	€ 2,125.00	€ 2,125.00
	IRISH TIMES	€ 29,716.00	€ 36,068.00
	KERRYMAN	€ 2,940.00	€ 3,557.00
	KERRY'S EYE	€ 2,040.00	€ 2,468.00
	KILDARE NATIONALIST - DIRECT	€ 847.00	€ 1,025.00
	KILKENNY PEOPLE	€ 3,308.00	€ 4,003.00
	LAOIS NATIONALIST - DIRECT	€ 847.00	€ 1,025.00
	LEINSTER EXPRESS	€ 4,116.00	€ 4,980.00
	LEINSTER LEADER	€ 3,614.00	€ 4,373.00
	LEITRIM OBSERVER	€ 3,569.00	€ 4,318.00
	LIFFEY CHAMPION	€ 1,214.00	€ 1,469.00
	LIMERICK LEADER	€ 6,600.00	€ 7,986.00
	LIMERICK POST	€ 2,295.00	€ 2,777.00
	LONGFORD LEADER	€ 3,740.00	€ 4,525.00
	MALLOW STAR AND OBSERVER	€ 2,250.00	€ 2,723.00
	MAYO NEWS	€ 2,975.00	€ 3,600.00
	MEATH CHRONICLE	€ 1,233.00	€ 1,491.00
	MEATH TOPIC	€ 5,603.00	€ 6,780.00
	MIDLAND & TULLAMORE TRIBUNE	€ 3,369.00	€ 4,076.00
	MUNSTER EXPRESS	€ 1,180.00	€ 1,428.00
	NENAGH GUARDIAN	€ 1,275.00	€ 1,543.00
	NEW ROSS STANDARD	€ 1,862.00	€ 2,252.00
	NORTHERN STANDARD	€ 2,000.00	€ 2,420.00
	NORTHSIDE PEOPLE (EAST)	€ 2,346.00	€ 2,839.00
	NORTHSIDE PEOPLE (WEST)	€ 2,346.00	€ 2,839.00
	OFFALY INDEPENDENT	€ 1,484.00	€ 1,796.00
	ROSCOMMON HERALD	€ 2,000.00	€ 2,420.00
	ROSCOMMON PEOPLE	€ 1,360.00	€ 1,646.00
	SLIGO CHAMPION	€ 1,800.00	€ 2,178.00
	SLIGO WEEKENDER	€ 1,274.00	€ 1,542.00
	SOUTHERN STAR	€ 1,800.00	€ 2,178.00
	SOUTHSIDE PEOPLE	€ 2,346.00	€ 2,839.00
	SUNDAY BUSINESS POST	€ 2,763.00	€ 3,343.00
	SUNDAY INDEPENDENT	€ 8,309.00	€ 10,054.00
	SUNDAY TIMES	€ 4,287.00	€ 5,188.00
	THE AVONDHU PUBLICATIONS LTD	€ 748.00	€ 905.00
	THE CORKMAN	€ 1,410.00	€ 1,706.00
	THE ECHO NEWSPAPER	€ 3,052.00	€ 3,692.00
	THE HERALD	€ 5,211.00	€ 6,354.00
	THE NEWS LETTER	€ 1,222.00	€ 1,222.00
	THE PHOENIX	€ 3,179.00	€ 3,847.00
	TIPPERARY STAR	€ 2,735.00	€ 3,309.00
	TRICONAILL TRIBUNE	€ 1,700.00	€ 2,057.00
	TUAM HERALD	€ 1,360.00	€ 1,646.00
	WATERFORD NEWS AND STAR	€ 1,360.00	€ 1,646.00
	WESTERN PEOPLE	€ 1,870.00	€ 2,263.00
	WESTMEATH EXAMINER	€ 1,649.00	€ 1,995.00
	WESTMEATH INDEPENDENT	€ 1,649.00	€ 1,995.00
	WEXFORD CHRONICLE	€ 1,349.00	€ 1,633.00
	WEXFORD PEOPLE	€ 1,862.00	€ 2,252.00
	WICKLOW PEOPLE	€ 1,862.00	€ 2,252.00
	WICKLOW TIMES	€ 2,295.00	€ 2,777.00
	WICKLOW VOICE	€ 11,438.00	€ 13,840.00
2021	SUN	€ 8,280.00	€ 10,152.00
	DAILY MAIL	€ 2,231.00	€ 2,744.00
	DAILY STAR	€ 13,214.00	€ 16,254.00
	IRISH EXAMINER	€ 12,665.00	€ 15,545.00
	IRISH FARMERS JOURNAL	€ 3,251.00	€ 3,999.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT	€ 23,821.00	€ 29,223.00
	IRISH MIRROR	€ 3,237.00	€ 3,965.00
	IRISH TIMES	€ 28,204.00	€ 34,594.00
	SUNDAY BUSINESS POST	€ 5,359.00	€ 6,592.00
	SUNDAY TIMES	€ 7,387.00	€ 9,085.00
	THE HERALD	€ 3,248.00	€ 3,995.00
2022	SUN	€ 4,335.00	€ 5,333.00
	BELFAST TELEGRAPH	€ 12,010.00	€ 12,010.00
	DAILY MAIL	€ 538.00	€ 661.00
	DAILY STAR	€ 1,785.00	€ 2,196.00
	DAILY STAR - MAGAZINE	€ 2,428.00	€ 2,986.00
	GARDA REVIEW	€ 1,658.00	€ 2,039.00
	IRISH EXAMINER	€ 8,713.00	€ 10,716.00
	IRISH FARMERS JOURNAL	€ 6,503.00	€ 7,998.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT	€ 10,033.00	€ 12,340.00
	IRISH MIRROR	€ 2,285.00	€ 2,810.00
	IRISH NEWS	€ 6,503.00	€ 6,503.00
	IRISH TIMES	€ 22,256.00	€ 27,374.00
	SUNDAY INDEPENDENT	€ 17,054.00	€ 20,976.00
	SUNDAY INDEPENDENT - LIFE MAGAZINE	€ 3,115.00	€ 3,832.00
	SUNDAY LIFE NI	€ 2,528.00	€ 3,109.00
	SUNDAY TIMES	€ 5,738.00	€ 7,057.00
	SUNDAY TIMES NI	€ 8,075.00	€ 9,932.00
	SUNDAY WORLD (NI) LTD	€ 4,194.00	€ 4,194.00
	SUNDAY WORLD NI	€ 1,912.00	€ 2,351.00
	THE NEWS LETTER	€ 1,869.00	€ 1,869.00
2023	SUN	€ 3,749.00	€ 4,611.00
	BELFAST TELEGRAPH	€ 4,270.00	€ 4,270.00
	DAILY MAIL	€ 538.00	€ 661.00
	DAILY STAR	€ 1,785.00	€ 2,196.00
	GARDA REVIEW	€ 553.00	€ 680.00
	IRISH EXAMINER	€ 7,650.00	€ 9,410.00
	IRISH FARMERS JOURNAL	€ 4,876.00	€ 5,997.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT	€ 10,838.00	€ 13,330.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT - SEACHTAIN	€ 6,222.00	€ 7,653.00
	IRISH MIRROR	€ 2,040.00	€ 2,509.00
	IRISH NEWS	€ 1,494.00	€ 1,494.00
	IRISH TIMES	€ 32,851.00	€ 40,407.00
	SUNDAY BUSINESS POST	€ 1,668.00	€ 2,051.00
	SUNDAY INDEPENDENT	€ 12,630.00	€ 15,535.00
	SUNDAY TIMES	€ 7,310.00	€ 8,991.00
	SUNDAY WORLD	€ 5,783.00	€ 7,114.00
2024	SUN	€ 5,542.00	€ 6,817.00
	BELFAST TELEGRAPH	€ 1,284.00	€ 1,284.00
	DAILY MIRROR UK	€ 802.00	€ 802.00
	IRISH EXAMINER	€ 7,650.00	€ 9,410.00
	IRISH FARMERS JOURNAL	€ 1,625.00	€ 1,999.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT	€ 10,309.00	€ 12,680.00
	IRISH INDEPENDENT - SEACHTAIN	€ 4,386.00	€ 5,395.00
	IRISH MIRROR	€ 1,360.00	€ 1,673.00
	IRISH NEWS	€ 682.00	€ 682.00
	IRISH TIMES	€ 7,379.00	€ 9,076.00
	SUNDAY BUSINESS POST	€ 1,668.00	€ 2,051.00
	SUNDAY INDEPENDENT	€ 8,308.00	€ 10,219.00
	SUNDAY MIRROR	€ 752.00	€ 925.00
	SUNDAY TIMES	€ 4,675.00	€ 5,750.00
	THE SUN NI STERLING	€ 1,020.00	€ 1,020.00

Passport Services

Ceisteanna (99)

James Lawless

Ceist:

99. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21881/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs

With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for this application were received on 7 May 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.