# passports - 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.
# passports - 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.
# passports - 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.
# passports - 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.
# passports - 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.
# passports - Friday 19 February, 2021
# Passports
# Passports
The worker was eventually dismissed in December 2019 after the suspension.
# passports - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Department Of Foreign Affairs
# Department Of Foreign Affairs
The most popular baby girls’ names were Olivia, Mia and Saoirse, while Noah, Adam and Cillian topped the baby boys’ list.
# passports - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
The Department of Foreign Affairs was unwilling to make it a requirement.
# passports - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
# PSC
# PSC
The Taoiseach says the Data Commissioner has declined to meet with Minister Doherty.
# passports - Wednesday 19 June, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Passport Office has been receiving more than 100,000 applications each month.
# passports - Monday 22 April, 2019
# Handle The Pressure
# Handle The Pressure
It comes as part of the passport reform programme and, despite the rise in complaints in recent years, Coveney is confident it’ll make a difference.
# passports - Saturday 6 April, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The change came into effect from 30 March.
# passports - Saturday 16 March, 2019
# Travel Plans
# Travel Plans
Over 5,000 people are expected to apply this weekend.
# passports - Sunday 27 January, 2019
# Turnaround Times
# Turnaround Times
Coveney has previously said the Passport Office experienced some “real problems” last year.
# passports - Sunday 20 January, 2019
# Common Travel Area
# Common Travel Area
The two countries have enjoyed free movement between them since 1952.
# passports - 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.
# passports - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
# Austerity Measure
# Austerity Measure
Free passports for pensioners were done away with under austerity measures, but there are calls now to bring it back.
# passports - Sunday 18 November, 2018
# Golden Ticket
# Golden Ticket
There’s been a huge jump in passport applications from Northern Ireland since Brexit.
# passports - Saturday 13 October, 2018
# Passport Office
# Passport Office
Significant improvements are planned at the Passport Office.
# passports - Friday 24 August, 2018
# Crisis
# Crisis
Local churches have been handing out food to the weary and hungry migrants as they wait.
# passports - Tuesday 21 August, 2018
# Coombe
# Coombe
Two men were arrested in connection with the investigation.
# passports - Monday 6 August, 2018
# Pettigo Post Office
# Pettigo Post Office
Pettigo is the only town on the island of Ireland that’s split down the middle by the UK-Irish border.
# passports - 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.
# passports - Saturday 23 June, 2018
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: The number of people affected by sex trafficking that Ruhama supported last year.
# passports - 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.
# passports - Tuesday 29 May, 2018
# Passports
# Passports
Megan Crowley lives in Belfast and has two young daughters.
# passports - 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.
# passports - Tuesday 20 February, 2018
# Venezuela
# Venezuela
He was denied a PSC as a result of having an expired passport due to Venezuela’s printing shortage crisis.
# passports - Tuesday 16 January, 2018
# Brexit Demand
# Brexit Demand
Demand from the UK has reached record levels.
# passports - Friday 29 December, 2017
# Record Year
# Record Year
Ths year saw the highest number of Irish passports ever issued in one year.
# passports - Friday 22 December, 2017
# Sun Wot Won It
# Sun Wot Won It
In its story announcing the news, The Sun said that the UK government had agreed to its demands.
# passports - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
# Passport Problems
# Passport Problems
Ireland’s immigration authorities face difficulties processing migrants because of handwritten passports and translation gaps.
# passports - Thursday 30 November, 2017
# E-Gates
# E-Gates
The gates will use facial recognition to make sure the passenger matches their passport.
# passports - Monday 25 September, 2017
# Documentation
# Documentation
The gangs target drug users indebted to them to assist in obtaining the passports.
# passports - Friday 4 August, 2017
# Surge In Demand
# Surge In Demand
The Irish Ambassador to the UK said that the surge comes as a direct result of Brexit.
# passports - Tuesday 28 March, 2017
# All Online Now
# All Online Now
First time applicants and children will still have to use the current system.
# passports - Thursday 5 January, 2017
# Empire State Of Mind
# Empire State Of Mind
In total, the Department of Foreign Affairs issued 733,060 passports in 2016.
# passports - Sunday 20 November, 2016
# Equality
# Equality
Four were granted to applicants who were aged 16 and 17 years old.
# passports - Thursday 27 October, 2016
# Foreign Affairs
# Foreign Affairs
The Department of Foreign Affairs has released its annual report for 2015, which also highlights an increase in passports issued.
# passports - 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.
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