Passport Service says 'no backlog' despite 182,000 applicants waiting 

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said that of the 104,000 passport applications received more than one month ago, '37% of those applications are incomplete and require further action by the applicant'. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins 

There are currently 182,000 applications being processed by the Passport Service, but the Department of Foreign Affairs insists this "does not represent a backlog”.

About 11,000 were registered more than six months ago and, while 70% of these applicants need to submit further documents to progress their application, it means more than 3,000 people who have submitted all these documents have been waiting since at least September for their passport.