Its the second highest figure in Ireland.
There are more passport applications from Kildare outsanding that virtually every other county in Ireland.
The Dept. of Foreign Affairs has confirmed 2,700 applications, submitted online from Kildare people are "under process".
There is only one county with a higher number of applications in the system - Down, with 3,500.
The department notes that "The Passport Service has received nearly 500,000 applications in 2021 to date."
The current turnaround times are 10 working days for Simple Adult renewals, 15 working days for Complex renewals, 40 working days for First Time applications on Passport Online and 8 weeks for Passport Express for applications which have been completed correctly.
The approximate number of complete Passport Online book applications per county under process currently in the system is set out in the following table.
| DONEGAL | 1,300 |
|---|---|
| DOWN | 3,500 |
| DUBLIN | 1,600 |
| FERMANAGH | 400 |
| GALWAY | 2,600 |
| KERRY | 1,300 |
| KILDARE | 2,700 |
| KILKENNY | 800 |
| LAOIS | 800 |
| LEITRIM | 300 |
| LIMERICK | 1,900 |
| LONGFORD | 300 |
| LOUTH | 1,500 |
| MAYO | 1,200 |
| MEATH | 2,300 |
| MONAGHAN | 500 |
| OFFALY | 700 |
| ROSCOMMON | 500 |
| SLIGO | 600 |
| TIPPERARY | 1,400 |
| TYRONE | 1,200 |
| WATERFORD | 1,200 |
| WESTMEATH | 800 |
| WEXFORD | 1,400 |
| WICKLOW | 1,700 |
These figures are correct to 3 September 2021.
There are currently approximately 9,463 paper based applications in the system. It is not possible to break these down by county.
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