Irish passport service should put US applicants 'at bottom of the waiting list', TD says

'I’m aware of some cases where American citizens are applying for passports because they just want to frame it, or to be able to say that they have an Irish passport,' Mr Lawless said. Picture: PA

Ireland's passport service should introduce a “hierarchical structure” for processing applications, with Americans placed at the “bottom of the waiting list”, a TD has suggested.

It comes as figures received by Aontú show an ongoing post-covid increase in applications.