Issue of Irish passports

What this means

• The Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for issuing passports to Irish citizens under the Passports Act 2008.[source]
• The Minister for Foreign Affairs decides who is entitled to an Irish passport, giving one minister clear legal authority over this process.[source]
• This mandate is set out in law, meaning the Department cannot delegate or abandon this responsibility without a change to the Act.[source]
• Having a single body legally responsible for passport issuance matters for accountability, as citizens know exactly where to direct concerns or complaints.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• duty held by body
  Department of Foreign AffairsBody

Indirect impact (6)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-foreign
  Conduct of foreign relations and diplomatic representationMandate
• duty held by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-foreign
  Delivery of the official development assistance programmeMandate
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-foreign
  Make progress towards 0.7% of GNI on overseas aidCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade2-hop via dept-foreign
  Helen McEnteeOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade2-hop via dept-foreign
  Neale RichmondOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and at the Department of Defence2-hop via dept-foreign
  Thomas ByrneOfficeholder