Irish passport

Irish Passport
Pas Éireannach[a]
The front cover of a contemporary Irish biometric passport booklet (with chip )
TypePassport
Issued byIreland
First issued3 April 1924 (first version)
1 January 1985 (first EU format)
1 October 2006[1] (first biometric passport)
3 October 2013[1] (current version)
2 October 2015[2] (passport card)
PurposeIdentification
EligibilityIrish citizens
Expiration
  • Booklet: 10 years for adults, 5 years for children
  • Card: 5 years or validity of holder's passport booklet (whichever is shorter)
Cost
Adult (18 or older)[4]
  • Standard 32 pages: €75
  • Large 66 pages: €105
  • Passport card: €35
  • Standard 32 page Passport + Passport card (online only bundle) : €100[3]
Child
  • Standard 32 pages: €20
  • Passport card: €45[5]

An Irish passport (Irish: pas Éireannach) is the passport issued to citizens of Ireland. An Irish passport enables the bearer to travel internationally and serves as evidence of Irish nationality and citizenship of the European Union. It also facilitates the access to consular assistance from both Irish embassies and any embassy from other European Union member states while abroad.

Irish passports are issued by the Passport Office, a division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. All Irish passports have been biometric since 2006. In 2015, the Irish government introduced the Passport Card, which enables Irish citizens who already possess a passport to travel throughout the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. An Irish Passport Card is intended for travel and identification purposes and functions similarly to an EEA national identity card.

Both Irish passports and Irish passport cards allow Irish citizens to travel, live, and work without restriction in any country within the EEA, Switzerland and the Common Travel Area. Irish citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 193 countries and territories; the international access available to Irish citizens ranks third in the world according to the 2024 Visa Restrictions Index.[6]

As of 2024, Irish citizens are the only nationality in the world with the automatic right to live and work in both the European Union and the United Kingdom.


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  1. ^ a b "Council of the European Union - PRADO - IRL-AO-04001". www.consilium.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Council of the European Union - PRADO - IRL-TO-01002". www.consilium.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Passport Fees - Department of Foreign Affairs".
  4. ^ "Passport fees - How much does a passport cost?". Department of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ Ó Conghaile, Pól (28 November 2018). "Irish Passport Cards and online passport renewal now available for children". Irish Independent. Dublin: Independent News & Media. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Passport Ranking 2023". Henley & Partners. 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.