1. Online Passport Application Service
Fiona Penollar
Head of Passport Reform

2. Use of Languages in the Irish Passport
Irish & English
International languages (EU)
Ulster Scots dialect (16,000 – 140,000 speakers)
Ogham alphabet (1st – 9th centuries AD)

3. Inside front cover Minister’s request text in Irish and in English
Introductory labels in 24 EU languages

4. Pages 4 / 5
Page 4 is a translation list which corresponds to the numbered sections of the data page and the signature/observations page. This is in 21 EU languages (as Irish/English/French is already included on the data page)

5. Amhrán na bhFiann
The ‘sheet music’ theme occurs on even-numbered pages. Under magnification the lines for the music notes appear as text from the Constitution. The language of the text alternates between Irish and English on each successive page.

6. Poetry in the Irish Passport
Irish language – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Ag Tiomáint Siar (p. 6)
English language – W.B. Yeats, The Isle of Innisfree (p. 22)
Ulster Scots dialect – James Orr, The hedge-hauntin’ blackbird (p. 28)

7. Ogham
The even-numbered pages of the passport booklet bear Ogham symbols. Each character in the alphabet represents a particular kind of tree that grows in Ireland. When viewed under UV light the visa page displays an image of the leaf that corresponds to the particular tree indicated by the Ogham character.

8. FORECAST OF APPLICATIONS TO 2023
919425
897600
888266
838594
876709
840038
813191

9. Spread of demand outside Ireland 2017 YTD
London
55,392
Ottawa
2,865
Berlin
1587
Paris
1918
USA
14,717
Madrid
1587
Pretoria
3305
Australia
8,075
Auckland
1,914

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