# passport-office - Tuesday 21 June, 2022
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
The Taoiseach said it must be very distressing for the mother and her four children who did not make their flight today.
# passport-office - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Delays
# Delays
Last month, 170,000 passports went out successfully, said Minister Simon Coveney.
# passport-office - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# Passport Delays
# Passport Delays
First-time passport applications and children’s passports, particularly for foreign-born children are seeing the longest delays.
# passport-office - Tuesday 18 May, 2021
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
The Galway woman is planning to leave the country next month, and has waited five months for her 10-year-old son’s passport to be renewed.
# passport-office - Thursday 29 April, 2021
# Minister For Foreign Affairs
# Minister For Foreign Affairs
About a third of the Passport Office staff are currently working on site.
# passport-office - Sunday 11 April, 2021
# Level 5
# Level 5
Applicants who submitted documents as far back as November and December are still waiting to get them back.
# passport-office - Friday 12 March, 2021
# Level 5
# Level 5
People have expressed their frustration at having to wait since Christmas for their passport application to be processed.
# passport-office - Friday 5 March, 2021
# Level 5
# Level 5
The Passport Office has said it won’t resume normal service until the end of Level 5 restrictions.
# passport-office - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# Public Services Card
# Public Services Card
New documents have shown how the Passport Office considered its options before pulling the PSC as a mandatory requirement.
# passport-office - Friday 11 October, 2019
# Citizenship By Descent
# Citizenship By Descent
The number of foreign-born citizens seeking an Irish citizenship has more than trebled in three years.
# passport-office - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
The Department of Foreign Affairs was unwilling to make it a requirement.
# passport-office - Saturday 5 January, 2019
# CONSTITUENTS
# CONSTITUENTS
Coveney insisted it is not quicker for people to go through their TD compared with applying online or through the normal channels.
# passport-office - Sunday 21 October, 2018
# Complaints
# Complaints
In the first six months of this year, the office received more than 500,000 applications.
# passport-office - Saturday 13 October, 2018
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
Significant improvements are planned at the Passport Office .
# passport-office - Sunday 8 July, 2018
# Summer Peak
# Summer Peak
TDs can make representations to the Passport Office on behalf of distressed constituents whose passport applications are taking longer than expected.
# passport-office - Thursday 21 June, 2018
# Holiday Plans
# Holiday Plans
It is “a matter of immense frustration” for staff that it’s taking longer than planned to process some applications, the Public Accounts Committee has been told.
# passport-office - Friday 8 June, 2018
# Logjam
# Logjam
The passport service has hired more than 200 extra staff to deal with the backlog.
# passport-office - Monday 28 May, 2018
# Passports
# Passports
Five TDs – including a minister – made over 100 representations to the Passport Office on behalf of individuals in the last two years.
# passport-office - Saturday 31 March, 2018
# Jet Setting
# Jet Setting
Last year saw a record-breaking number of passport applications.
# passport-office - Friday 28 July, 2017
# Internet Machine
# Internet Machine
An online renewal facility for passports has been in place since March.
# passport-office - Thursday 22 June, 2017
# Get It In Early
# Get It In Early
The number of applications outstanding has been consistently on the rise in recent times in the wake of the Brexit vote.
# passport-office - Friday 16 June, 2017
# Passport Jazz
From The Daily Edge
# Passport Jazz
That sultry, seductive music!
# passport-office - Saturday 1 April, 2017
# LEAVING THE EU
# LEAVING THE EU
Almost 65,000 people in Britain applied for an Irish passport last year, a 42% jump.
# passport-office - Thursday 16 February, 2017
# Surge In Demand
# Surge In Demand
230 temp staff are being hired to deal with the post-Brexit vote surge.
# passport-office - Monday 27 June, 2016
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck takes on a misleading words-and-picture combo doing the rounds today.
# passport-office - Friday 24 June, 2016
# Brexit
# Brexit
People have been contacting the Passport Service to ask if they are entitled to a passport following the Brexit result.
# passport-office - Friday 9 January, 2015
# High Flying Kids
# High Flying Kids
The Foreign Affairs Minister expressed his disappointment that Charlie has dropped two places since 2013.
# passport-office - Tuesday 1 October, 2013
# On The Move
# On The Move
New offices in Dublin city centre are being sought by the Department of Foreign Affairs.
# passport-office - Monday 30 September, 2013
# Passports
# Passports
All passports issued from 3 October will have this new design.
# passport-office - Tuesday 30 July, 2013
# ID Cards
# ID Cards
The card aims to provide public service providers with a verification of an individual’s identity, particularly those collecting social welfare payments and using the Free Travel Pass.
# passport-office - Wednesday 24 July, 2013
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyone’s talking about the lucky escape for tall ship passengers in Kinsale, Labour’s troubles and the royal baby’s name.
# Criminal Investigation
# Criminal Investigation
Two people were being questioned at garda stations as part of a criminal investigation into passport fraud.
# Criminal Investigation
# Criminal Investigation
The investigation began in May when irregularities were found in the issuance of two passports.
# passport-office - Sunday 21 October, 2012
# Passport
# Passport
The Passport Service is looking at the possibility of implementing an automatic reminder service that would alert passport holders by text or email that their document is due for renewal.
# passport-office - Sunday 22 July, 2012
# Passport
# Passport
We’re all going on our summer holidays….. IF your passport is in date. You’re being urged to check before you travel.
# passport-office - Monday 11 June, 2012
# Holliers
# Holliers
Those going abroad this summer have been reminded to ensure their passports are valid and in date.
# passport-office - Monday 21 May, 2012
# Penny Pinching
# Penny Pinching
State agencies have secured reductions on 32 properties – including one whose rent was slashed by more than €1million.
# passport-office - Sunday 13 May, 2012
# Passport
# Passport
Demand rules out any chance of an on-the-spot services for new passports, says Tánaiste.
# passport-office - Sunday 26 June, 2011
# The Daily Fix
# The Daily Fix
In this evening’s fix: DAA board backs down, shock death at Glastonbury, cringey MySpace pages and the only slideshow you’ll ever need to see…swamp soccer!
# Denied
# Denied
The Fianna Fáil senator reportedly told a member of the security staff that he was “lucky to have a job” after an incident at the Dublin office.
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